entrench (entrenches 3rd person present) (entrenching present participle) (entrenched past tense & past participle )If something such as power, a custom, or an idea is entrenched, it is firmly established, so that it would be difficult to change it. verb
...a series of measures designed to entrench democracy and the rule of law... V n
These dictators have entrenched themselves politically and are difficult to move. V pron-refl
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entrenched adj
The recession remains deeply entrenched.