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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