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implicates
  • present tense form of implicate (3rd person singular).

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California has similarly argued that its law requiring social-media companies to disclose how they moderate content—including how they define hate speech, disinformation and extremism—is constitutional because it implicates commercial speech.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

It implicates Senussi, Masud and the two Libyans who faced trial over Lockerbie at a Scottish Court in the Netherlands more than 20 years ago.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025

Nothing about Smith’s conduct implicates either the DOJ policy or the 60-day rule.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2024

China rejected the accusation, and experts say that Palau has not presented any evidence that implicates Beijing.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2024

Booth also has left behind clues—among them a business card bearing the name J. Harrison Surratt and a letter from Samuel Arnold, who had been part of the kidnapping plot, that implicates Michael O’Laughlen.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly