Definition of "Tangle" :

noun: something jumbled or confused

"A tangle of government regulations."

noun: a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven

"They carved their way through the tangle of vines."

verb: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

"The child entangled the cord."

verb: disarrange or rumple; dishevel

verb: tangle or complicate

verb: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action