implicate

To implicate is defined as to show a connection to a crime.

(verb)

An example of to implicate is when a clue indicates a suspect is guilty.

See implicate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

1. to show to have a connection with a crime, fault, etc.; involve
2. to show to be involved or concerned
Rare to imply
Archaic to twist or fold together; intertwine; entangle

Origin: < L implicatus, pp. of implicare, to enfold, involve: see imply

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See implicate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates

To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot.
To have as a consequence or necessary circumstance; imply or entail: His evasiveness implicated complicity.
Linguistics To convey, imply, or suggest by implicature.
Archaic To interweave or entangle; entwine.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, to convey a truth bound up in a fable

Origin: , from Latin implicāre, implicāt-, to entangle, unite

Origin: : in-, in; see in-²

Origin: + plicāre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots

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