a tangled web

a situation that is very complicated and where many people are behaving dishonestly (usually + of ) The inquiry revealed a tangled web of fraud and deception among the agents.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hereweald	-	Anglo-Saxon
Herbie	HUR-bee	English
Aristotle	AR-ə-stah-təl (English), ER-ə-stah-təl (English)	Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
Nikki	NIK-ee	English
BenjamÍN	ben-khah-MEEN (Spanish)	Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Icelandic
Hafiz	-	Arabic