implicate

[im-pli-keyt] / ˈɪm plɪˌkeɪt /

VERB

imply, involve

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accuse affect blame charge cite embroil entangle incriminate suggest

STRONG

associate compromise concern connect frame hint impute include inculpate insinuate link mean mire name relate stigmatize tangle

WEAK

lay at one's door pin on point finger at

Antonyms

STRONGEST

exclude exculpate exonerate praise

STRONG

conceal disconnect dissociate divide guard hide neglect protect separate

WEAK

defend pardon support

Example Sentences

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The 49-year-old has vowed to implicate officials in the current government in the case.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

The files do not implicate Clinton in any wrongdoing; he has not been accused of misconduct by Epstein's victims who have come forward so far, and there is no proof he knew of his crimes.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

But Roberts, Gorsuch, and Barrett rejected this contention, particularly when those “affairs” implicate “the core congressional power of the purse.”

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2026

Some issues, for some schools, so thoroughly implicate their mission that they need to be addressed no matter how controversial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

The only physical evidence to implicate Joe was a latent partial palm-print that the state's examiner testified matched him.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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