" enmeshes "

1: to catch or hold as if in a net;

  * e.g., " ... soon after Eli Whitney had invented it, others copied his cotton gin, and he spent the rest of his life enmeshed in lawsuits trying to protect his invention "

•  Synonyms : 

•  catches up,

•  ensnares,

•  ensnarls,

•  entangles,

•  entoils,

•  entraps,

•  meshes,

•  nets,

•  snares,

•  tangles,

•  traps

•  Antonyms : 

•  disentangles,

•  untangles

1: to catch or hold as if in a net;

  * e.g., " ... soon after Eli Whitney had invented it, others copied his cotton gin, and he spent the rest of his life enmeshed in lawsuits trying to protect his invention "

•  Synonyms : 

•  catch up,

•  ensnare,

•  ensnarl,

•  entangle,

•  entoil,

•  entrap,

•  mesh,

•  net,

•  snare,

•  tangle,

•  trap

•  Antonyms : 

•  disentangle,

•  untangle