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Third Person
implicates
Present Participle
implicating
Past Tense
implicated
Past Participle
implicated
1
to involve or suggest someone's participation or connection in a crime or wrongdoing
transitive
- Witness testimony served to implicate the suspect in the bank robbery.
- Evidence collected at the crime scene directly implicated two of the defendants.
- The evidence presented in court sought to implicate the suspect in the robbery.
- The investigation aimed to uncover information that could implicate the entire criminal network.
- The leaked documents appeared to implicate high-ranking officials in the corruption scandal.
2
to convey something indirectly
transitive
- The actor's peculiar delivery implicated an unspoken subtext in the character's motivations beyond what was scripted.
- Though never stated outright, comments from witnesses implicated that the two might have had some prior disagreement.
- His silence during the meeting implicated his disagreement with the proposed changes.