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implicate

[im-pli-kayt] / ˈɪm plɪˌkeɪt /


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Roughly 173,000 documents released Tuesday, and additional ones which will be published online in waves over the next 12 months, could implicate two former New York mayors.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal questioned why Davis would implicate himself in a murder if the account was a fabrication.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

But the governor's former chief of staff and a longtime California political operative, Dana Williamson, pleaded guilty to federal charges in May over a campaign finance fraud scheme that did not implicate Newsom.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 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

“And implicate the rest of us? Himself, too?”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Every religious community should pay attention, for the case implicates the liberty of schools, houses of worship, and other faith institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

“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

Crucially, it further implicates the outstanding suspects and opens up evidential opportunities.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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

The departures of these women isn’t because none of the administration’s men have been implicated in misconduct or corrupt dealings.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

UW-Madison said in a statement after the incident that its Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards would “investigate any students implicated in the incident according to its nonacademic misconduct policy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

However, Juve, AC Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio and Reggina were all implicated in influencing referees.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

Other pieces of evidence also implicated Burt in a crime.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

It said the investigators had "opted for the easy course by implicating a poor servant of the house and demonising him".

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025

Though White had gathered circumstantial evidence implicating Hale in the murder of Roan, there were still huge holes in the case.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann


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