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implicate
[ im-pli-keyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner:
to be implicated in a crime.
- to imply as a necessary circumstance, or as something to be inferred or understood.
- to connect or relate to intimately; affect as a consequence:
The malfunctioning of one part of the nervous system implicates another part.
- Archaic. to fold or twist together; intertwine; interlace.
implicate
/ ˈɪmplɪˌkeɪt; ɪmˈplɪkətɪv /
verb
- to show to be involved, esp in a crime
- to involve as a necessary inference; imply
his protest implicated censure by the authorities
- to affect intimately
this news implicates my decision
- rare.to intertwine or entangle
Derived Forms
- ˈپ, adverb
- implicative, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of implicate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of implicate1
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Example Sentences
However, following their visit, the idol went missing, and Banerjee was implicated in its theft.
They said there was no other evidence implicating Duran, and he had an alibi: He had been with his girlfriend and her mother.
“We can go for the death penalty or life without parole,” Bunch told Woody, who eventually gave prosecutors an elaborate story implicating Carson and others.
“USS Callister: Into Infinity” makes no such remarks on power; the sharpest comment Brooker offers us is that, when implicated in wrongdoing, men are willing to do unconscionable things to shield themselves from accountability.
The documents also implicate Libyan agents in the destruction of a French airliner that crashed in the Sahara desert in 1989, killing another 170 people.
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