Implicate
(verb)
- To show or suggest that someone is involved in a crime or other wrong-doing.
- To connect or involve (someone or something) in a situation or event, especially in an incriminating way.
- To imply or suggest the presence or existence of (something).
- 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:
- He implicate her in the crime.
- The evidence implicate him in the crime.
- The testimony implicate them in the crime.
- The statement implicate the company in the crime.
- The situation implicate him in the crime.