Implicate (verb)

  1. To show or suggest that someone is involved in a crime or other wrong-doing.
  2. To connect or involve (someone or something) in a situation or event, especially in an incriminating way.
  3. To imply or suggest the presence or existence of (something).
  4. To involve or connect (someone or something) in a situation or event, especially in a complex or subtle way.

Origin:

Mid 16th century (in the sense "involve (someone) in a crime"): from latin implicat- "entwined, involved", from the verb implicare, from in- "in" + plicare "to fold".

Examples:

  1. He implicate her in the crime.
  2. The evidence implicate him in the crime.
  3. The testimony implicate them in the crime.
  4. The statement implicate the company in the crime.
  5. The situation implicate him in the crime.
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