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   Im·pli·cate

   /ˈimpləˌkāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. show (someone) to be involved in a crime: "police claims implicated him in many more killings" Similar incriminatecompromiseinvolveconnectembroilenmeshensnareexposearchaic:inculpateOpposite absolve
   • ▪ bear some of the responsibility for (an action or process, especially a criminal or harmful one): "the team believes he is heavily implicated in the bombing" Similar involve inconcern withassociate withconnect withtie up with
   • ▪ involve (something) in a necessary way: US "cable franchise activities plainly implicate First Amendment interests"
   • 2. convey (a meaning or intention) indirectly through what one says, rather than stating it explicitly; imply: "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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   Implicate means to bring into intimate or incriminating connection, to involve as a consequence or inference, or to fold or twist together. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles for implicate.

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   What does implicaten mean in a fable?

   • Send us feedback about these examples. Middle English implicaten "to convey (a truth) in a fable," borrowed from Latin implicātus, past participle of implicāre "to fold about itself, entwine, entangle, involve, embroil" (Medieval Latin also, "to imply, mean by implication"), from im- im- + plicāre "to fold, bend" — more at ply entry 3

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   What does implicate mean in a sentence?

   • Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. IMPLICATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of implicate 2. to show that someone is involved in a crime or…. Learn more.

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   What is another word for implicate?

   • Other forms: implicated; implicating; implicates 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."

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   What does it mean if someone is implicated in a crime?

   • Implicate can have criminal connotations when it means "to connect in an incriminating manner," like when detectives figure out who drove the getaway car in the bank robbery — that person will be implicated for his or her role in the crime. "Implicate."

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4. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › implicatedIMPLICATED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Implicated is the past tense and past participle of implicate, which means to show that someone is involved in a crime or partly responsible for something bad. See how to use implicated in sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.

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   Implicate means to show that someone is involved in a crime or partly responsible for something bad that has happened. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts and see synonyms and translations.

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   implicated: 1 adj culpably involved “named three officials implicated in the plot” “an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime” Synonyms: concerned involved connected by participation or association or use

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   Implicate definition: to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner. See examples of IMPLICATE used in a sentence.

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   Implicate means to show that someone is involved in a crime or partly responsible for something bad that has happened. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts and see translations in other languages.

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   implicate: 1 v bring into intimate and incriminating connection “He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government” Type of: affect , involve , regard connect closely and often incriminatingly v impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result Synonyms: entail Type of: lead tend to or result in

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