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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.
IMPLICATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of implicate 2. to show that someone is involved in a crime or…. Learn more.
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. Linguistics To convey, imply, or suggest by implicature. 4. Archaic To interweave or entangle; entwine.
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.
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.
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.
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.
