convoluted

(verb) curl, wind, or twist together. Synonyms: convolve, convolute.

(verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive. Synonyms: twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate. Example: "Don't twist my words."

(adj) rolled longitudinally upon itself. Synonyms: convolute. Example: "A convolute petal."

(adj) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious. Synonyms: Byzantine, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous. Examples: "The byzantine tax structure." "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship." "Convoluted legal language." "Convoluted reasoning." "The plot was too involved." "A knotty problem." "Got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering." "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- sir walter scott." "Tortuous legal procedures." "Tortuous negotiations lasting for months."