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   implicate

   verb

   • 1. show (someone) to be involved in a crime: "he was implicated in a price-fixing scandal" Similar incriminatecompromiseinvolveconnectembroilenmeshensnareexposearchaic:inculpateOpposite absolve
   • ▪ bear some of the responsibility for (an action or process, especially a criminal or harmful one): "viruses are known to be implicated in the development of certain cancers" Similar involve inconcern withassociate withconnect withtie up with
   • 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 implysuggesthintintimatesay indirectlyindicateinsinuategive someone to understandgive someone to believeconvey the impressionsignalinformal:make out

   noun

   • 1. a thing implied.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin implicatus ‘folded in’, past participle of implicare (see imply). The original sense was ‘entwine’; compare with employ and imply. The earliest modern (implicate (sense 2 of the verb)), dates from the early 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. implicatory adjective

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishIMPLICATED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   IMPLICATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of implicate 2. to show that someone is involved in a crime or…. Learn more.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishIMPLICATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   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.

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   The meaning of IMPLICATE is to bring into intimate or incriminating connection. How to use implicate in a sentence.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishIMPLICATED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If someone or something is implicated in a crime or a bad situation, they are involved in it or responsible for it.

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   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.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryIMPLICATE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   implied as a necessary circumstance, or as something to be inferred or understood: My defensive post was answering an implicated accusation that clearly overstepped the boundaries of an opinion. intimately connected or related, or affected as a result:

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   verb (used with object) , im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing. 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.

10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishimplicate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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    implicate something (in/as something) to show or suggest that something is the cause of something bad. The results implicate poor hygiene as one cause of the outbreak. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. Idioms. be implicated in something. to be involved in a crime; to be responsible for something bad.

11. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishIMPLICATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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    To implicate someone means to show or claim that they were involved in something wrong or criminal.