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verb (v)

• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action(verb.stative)

  Synonym:
  drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, tangle
  

  source: wordnet30
• take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own(verb.cognition)

  Synonym:
  adopt, embrace, espouse
  

  source: wordnet30