maze

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a complicated system of paths or passages that people try to find their way through for entertainment

an area in which you can get easily lost because there are so many similar streets or passages:

The old part of the town was a maze of narrow passages.

a complicated set of rules, ideas, or subjects that you find difficult to deal with or understand:

It's almost impossible to get through the maze of bureaucracy.

a complicated and confusing network of passages:

He felt like a rat in a maze.

fig. You have to weed through the maze of complex rules in order to fill out your tax forms.