implicate

//ˈɪmplɪkeɪt//
C1Frequency Level 10Formal
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Verb

implicateInfinitive
implicatePresent tense
implicatedPast tense
implicatedPast participle
implicatingPresent participle
implicatesThird-person singular
1

To show or suggest that someone is involved in something wrong or illegal, especially a crime.

The evidence implicates him in the robbery.

2

To involve or connect something as a cause or consequence.

The study implicates air pollution in the rise of respiratory diseases.

3

To convey or imply something indirectly without stating it explicitly.

Her tone implicated that she was not satisfied with the result.

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