Definition of Implicate

to hint a person or object is responsible for something, often an illegal deed

Examples of Implicate in a sentence

If the evidence is found, it will implicate the person behind the brutal act.  

The lab results implicate a high amount of cholesterol as the cause of my uncle’s heart problem.  

When my best friend tried to implicate me in the robbery in order to save herself, I knew we were no longer friends.  

The police did not arrest the suspect because they had nothing that could implicate him in the crime.  

Although the pictures appear to implicate the husband in his wife’s murder, they cannot be used in court because they were illegally obtained.  

Everyone expects the investigative audit to implicate the mayor as the one embezzling county funds.  

Because Hank knew the knife would implicate him as the killer, he threw the weapon into the lake.  

The large pool of blood on the floor seems to implicate a violent altercation took place here.  

As a loving sister, Karen chose to take responsibility for the broken vase rather than implicate her younger brother.  

The arrested criminal did not hesitate to implicate his associates to gain immunity from prosecution.  

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