Word: quagmire
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A swampy, soggy area of ground. Example: That quagmire regularly ‘swallows’ caught-up hikers' boots
A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament. Example: The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.
To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.
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