Implicate

Pronunciation: /ˈɪmplɪˌkeɪt/

Implicate (verb)

  1. to show that someone is involved in a crime or bad situation.
  2. to suggest that something is connected to or causes something else.

Examples

  • The evidence may implicate several employees in the fraud.
  • Witnesses could implicate him in the robbery.

Common collocations: implicate someone in a crime, implicate in wrongdoing, implicate as a factor, implicate in a decline, implicate in a problem

Synonyms of Implicate

Formal

Neutral

Informal

Antonyms of Implicate

  • legal or moral contexts
  • freeing from involvement