implicate
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He claimed the department sought to make an example of him because he refused to implicate his superiors in wrongdoing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 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
“To figure out where his power and money came from—they felt trying to answer that didn’t implicate them in his crimes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
The 49-year-old has vowed to implicate officials in the current government in the case.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
The state called the first of their star witnesses, Solomon Ngubase, who offered sensational evidence that seemed to implicate the ANC.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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But this division also implicates the nongladiatorial Roman citizens of all social strata.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Evidence that implicates White also implicates the key outstanding suspects.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
“That implicates the 1st Amendment rights of adults who may not want to have their driver’s license uploaded to this site that relates to gay and bisexual relationships.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 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
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The CJP has set up a legal fund to help meet the expenses of protesters implicated in criminal cases by the police, Saurav Das, another spokesperson for the youth-led movement, said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
“Detection is really difficult, and most often the produce item being implicated has been consumed, and there is nothing left to test.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Inflammation has been implicated in many health problems, including dementia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Last year, he was also implicated in a broader kickbacks-for-contracts case, along with Socialist Party number three Santos Cerdán.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
Nor could dispensers of government patronage merely weigh scientific projects against one another: the cost of high-energy physics had become so great that broader priorities were implicated.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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When we later confronted Mr Ahmed in person he denied any involvement, but we have found significant evidence implicating him.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025
Mr. Fatafteh confessed to the crime and his DNA was found as implicating evidence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
Syed, whose conviction was vacated in 2022 after evidence implicating two other suspects was found to have been improperly withheld, had that vacancy overturned in March of last year by the state’s appellate court.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2024
In the case’s latest development, the plaintiffs won a ruling in June that forced into public view material further implicating the Saudis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2024
After implicating Joe, McCants was sentenced as an adult to four-and-one-half years and served just six months.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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