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implicate

[im-pli-keyt] / ˈɪm plɪˌkeɪt /


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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

Colorado argued that its statute does not meaningfully implicate the First Amendment because it regulates conduct and only incidentally burdens speech.

From Slate Mar. 31, 2026

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

From Barron's Mar. 20, 2026

Ernest Burkhart remained cagey about the role of his brother Bryan, evidently not wanting to implicate him.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

Nothing about Smith’s conduct implicates either the DOJ policy or the 60-day rule.

From Slate Oct. 18, 2024

China rejected the accusation, and experts say that Palau has not presented any evidence that implicates Beijing.

From New York Times Jun. 2, 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

Neither Newsom nor Becerra, who is now running governor of California, were implicated in the case.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

Inflammation has been implicated in many health problems, including dementia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

Becerra defended himself, pointing out that federal prosecutors never accused him of being involved and stated that none of the candidates for governor were implicated in scandal.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

Boeing has acknowledged that its anti-stall software was implicated in both fatal crashes.

From Barron's May 13, 2026

We are all implicated when we allow other people to be mistreated.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Mr. Fatafteh confessed to the crime and his DNA was found as implicating evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 19, 2025

Such a result could have an unraveling effect of potentially implicating many of OpenAI’s relationships and contracts with business partners, including Microsoft, which is one of its backers, experts said.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2025

They complained that taking a statement from Pycroft when he was still under the "shadow of prosecution for murder" meant he had a "powerful incentive" to give an account "implicating" Hutchinson and "exonerating himself".

From BBC Sep. 1, 2024

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

After all, if he had made such a mess out of his own life so far, what was the point of implicating others?

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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