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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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IMPLICATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of implicate 2. to show that someone is involved in a crime or…. Learn more.
IMPLICATE definition: 1. to show that someone is involved in a crime or partly responsible for something bad that has…. Learn more.
verb. im· pli· cate ˈim-plə-ˌkāt. implicated; implicating. Synonyms of implicate. transitive verb. 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.
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. Implicate comes from the Latin word implicare, meaning "to entwine, involve." When you implicate someone, you bring him or her into a group or to pitch in on a project.
1. to show to be involved, esp in a crime. 2. to involve as a necessary inference; imply: his protest implicated censure by the authorities. 3. to affect intimately: this news implicates my decision. 4. rare to intertwine or entangle. [C16: from Latin implicāre to involve, from im- + plicāre to fold] implicative adj. imˈplicatively adv.
Implicate definition: to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner. See examples of IMPLICATE used in a sentence.
IMPLICATE meaning: 1. to show that someone is involved in a crime or partly responsible for something bad that has…. Learn more.
Definition of implicate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To implicate someone means to show or claim that they were involved in something wrong or criminal. He was to resign when one of his own aides was implicated in a financial scandal. [be VERB -ed] He didn't find anything in the notebooks to implicate Stuart. [VERB noun] Synonyms: incriminate, involve, compromise, embroil More Synonyms of implicate.
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. [ + in] It is thought that this virus is implicated in the development of a number of illnesses.
