Implicate
Pronunciation: /ˈɪmplɪˌkeɪt/
Implicate (verb)
- to show that someone is involved in a crime or bad situation.
- 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