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verb
- 1. show (someone) to be involved in a crime: "he was implicated in a price-fixing scandal" Similar Opposite
- 2. convey (a meaning) indirectly through what one says, rather than stating it explicitly: "by saying that coffee would keep her awake, Mary implicated that she didn't want any" Similar
noun
- 1. a thing implied.
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verb [ T ] uk / ˈɪm.plɪ.keɪt / us / ˈɪm.plə.keɪt / to show that someone is involved in a crime or partly responsible for something bad that has happened: implicate someone in something Have they any evidence to implicate him in the robbery? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Blaming & accusing. accusatory. accuse someone of a crime.
to show that someone is involved in a crime or partly responsible for something bad that has happened: implicate someone in something Have they any evidence to implicate him in the robbery? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Blaming & accusing. accusatory. accuse someone of a crime. accuse someone of something. accuser. accusingly.
1. a. : to bring into intimate or incriminating connection. evidence that implicates him in the bombing. b. : to involve in the nature or operation of something. 2. : to involve as a consequence, corollary, or natural inference : imply. 3. archaic : to fold or twist together : entwine. Synonyms. enlace. entwine. interlace. intertwine. intertwist.
Someone who is implicated in something is shown to be somehow involved in it. The word is often used in a negative sense, suggesting an involvement in something wrong, with the person being implicated by the facts of the case.
Implicated definition: shown to be also involved, especially in an incriminating manner. See examples of IMPLICATED used in a sentence.
If someone or something is implicated in a crime or a bad situation, they are involved in it or responsible for it. The President was implicated in the cover-up and forced to resign. American English : implicated / ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪd /
to show that someone is involved in a crime or partly responsible for something bad that has happened: A lot of people were implicated in the scandal. (Definition of implicate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of implicate.
To implicate someone means to show or claim that they were involved in something wrong or criminal.
im·pli·cate. (ĭm′plĭ-kāt′) tr.v.im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates. 1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot. 2. To have as a consequence or necessary circumstance; imply or entail: His evasiveness implicated complicity. 3.
The verb implicate means "to connect or involve in something." For example, your cousins might implicate you in the planning of a big party for your grandparents.
