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Driving past a crime scene shouldn’t implicate the person in the crime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

“For the first time in this litigation, the government argues that civil detention ‘does not implicate any fundamental rights’ and so the Due Process Clause affords the detained men no protections—substantive or procedural,” they wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

He added that McCullagh's attempt to implicate an innocent third party - Natalie's ex-boyfriend - was another factor.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

Although many people with security clearances are government employees, millions of private citizens also need clearances to work on military matters or to represent criminal defendants charged with crimes that implicate sensitive information.

From Slate ● May 15, 2026

It was easier to confess everything and implicate everybody.

From "1984" by George Orwell

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

Evidence that implicates White also implicates the key outstanding suspects.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025

“Here There Are Blueberries” implicates the present and the future as much as it does the past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025

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

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 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

Amnesty urged the UN General Assembly to "create an international criminal justice mechanism aimed at prosecuting those most implicated".

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

For Roberts and the three liberal justices, that consequence implicated the separation of powers itself.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

The company has been implicated in several wildfires, including the 2018 Camp Fire that destroyed the town of Paradise, Calif., in a rural area about 90 miles north of Sacramento.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

When Mathipa was assigned the case, four months before his own death, he already knew special forces were implicated, but he was trying to secure more evidence.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

If Booth talked, too, he might reveal valuable information that implicated the highest officials in the Confederacy.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

Walters’ supporters further argue that Oxford’s statements implicating Walters—as well as Travis’ testimony against him—were tainted, the result of the men being coerced by police and angling for lighter sentences.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Whether that’s a criminal act may be difficult to prove in court, but why would the justice want to risk implicating himself in the future?

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

Sanft said there was no evidence implicating Davis in Shakur's murder other than his own statements.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Both workers also ended communication with health officials before the investigation was over, with one citing fear of losing employment for implicating dairy farms, according to the study.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025

The risk of implicating ourselves in Katz’s death was too great.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros