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adj. involved in difficulties

adj. deeply involved especially in something complicated; "embroiled in the conflict"; "felt unwilling entangled in their affairs"

afoul, entangled

adj. in a state of entanglement; "The yacht with its sails afoul ran aground."

afoul(ip), foul, fouled

adj. especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"

adscript, adscripted

adj. (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner; "an adscript serf"

apprenticed, articled, bound, indentured

adj. bound by contract

at bay(p), cornered, trapped, treed

adj. forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she had me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a trapped animal"

captive, confined, imprisoned, jailed

adj. being in captivity

driven, goaded

adj. compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred"

nonautonomous, nonsovereign

adj. (of peoples and political bodies) controlled by outside forces

serflike

adj. like someone in servitude

active, participating

adj. taking part in an activity; "an active member of the club"; "he was politically active"; "the participating organizations"

concerned, interested

adj. involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in; "a memorandum to those concerned"; "an enterprise in which three men are concerned"; "factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics"; "the interested parties met to discuss the business"

caught up(p)

adj. having become involved involuntarily; "caught up in the excitement of the crowd"; "caught up in the scandal"

implicated, concerned

adj. culpably involved; "all those concerned in the bribery case have been identified"; "named three officials implicated in the plot"; "an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime"

disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy

adj. in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes"

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