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IMBROGLIO [im-BRO-lee-o] (noun)

A confusing, complex, or embarrassing situation, a painful misunderstanding, or a scandal

"Mr. Ervin Wardman, in the Broadway Magazine for April, exhaustively reviews the McClellan-Hearst-Murphy imbroglio, and concludes that Mr. Hearst’s real ambition, the goal of his desire, is the White House."
--Albert Shaw, The American Monthly Review of Reviews (January–June 1907)