Meaning ofsnakepitin English

Noun

1. a pit containing snakes
   The zookeeper carefully avoided the snakepit in the reptile house.
2. a place filled with hostile people; chaos
   The company's board meeting turned into a snakepit of arguing shareholders.
3. an institution with inept or inhumane management
   The new employee soon discovered that the company was a snakepit of bureaucratic red tape.