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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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IMPLICATE definition: 1. to show that someone is involved in a crime or partly responsible for something bad that has…. Learn more.
How to use implicate in a sentence. to bring into intimate or incriminating connection; to involve in the nature or operation of something… See the full definition
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.
To implicate someone means to show or claim that they were involved in something wrong or criminal.
Definition of implicate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
IMPLICATE meaning: to show that someone or something is closely connected to or involved in something (such as a crime)
To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly. Evidence that implicates others in the plot. American Heritage. To show to have a connection with a crime, fault, etc.; involve. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To have as a consequence or necessary circumstance; imply or entail. His evasiveness implicated complicity. American Heritage.
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.
IMPLICATE meaning: to show that someone or something is involved in something bad, especially a crime: . Learn more.
