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implicate

[im-pli-kayt] / ˈɪm plɪˌkeɪt /


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These threats implicate the First Amendment’s protection of freedom of assembly as well as of freedom of speech.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

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

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

However, he first tried to get Matthew Chaskalson, the lawyer responsible for presenting evidence to the commission, removed for perceived bias, saying he was trying to get him to implicate another witness.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Miss Skeeter nod, say, “I can handle Hilly. This doesn’t implicate you, or the other maids, or the book at all.”

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Prosecuting newsmen is a delicate proposition because it implicates a constitutional right.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 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

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

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Knight from 1977, the court ruled that the denial of a press pass implicated a First Amendment liberty interest.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

"The individuals implicated in these case studies are working scientists. We do not assert that they intended harm, and identifying them or their labs could expose them to harm," the report said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

The company has been implicated in several wildfires, including the 2018 Camp Fire that destroyed the town of Paradise, Calif., in a rural area about 90 miles north of Sacramento.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

If Booth talked, too, he might reveal valuable information that implicated the highest officials in the Confederacy.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

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

Sanft said there was no evidence implicating Davis in Shakur's murder other than his own statements.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

“The visual graphic, which was widely circulated online, was mismatched with the table of results, thus implicating both of our formulas,” Bauer said.

From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2026

Both workers also ended communication with health officials before the investigation was over, with one citing fear of losing employment for implicating dairy farms, according to the study.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 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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