implicate
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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
He added that McCullagh's attempt to implicate an innocent third party - Natalie's ex-boyfriend - was another factor.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
The 49-year-old has vowed to implicate officials in the current government in the case.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
But Roberts, Gorsuch, and Barrett rejected this contention, particularly when those “affairs” implicate “the core congressional power of the purse.”
From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2026
He's sure that Karl understands, sure that Karl knows that Helmuth has taken the blame, sure Karl understands not to say anything that will implicate himself more during his interrogation.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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But this division also implicates the nongladiatorial Roman citizens of all social strata.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
“Once a right is established through state law,” Flores argues, “a deprivation of the right implicates federal procedural due process protection.”
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026
Crucially, it further implicates the outstanding suspects and opens up evidential opportunities.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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
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The CJP has set up a legal fund to help meet the expenses of protesters implicated in criminal cases by the police, Saurav Das, another spokesperson for the youth-led movement, said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The regulatory agency said it continues to work with Taylor Farms, which also operates as Taylor Fresh Foods, to ensure “product implicated in this outbreak has been removed from the market.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
“Detection is really difficult, and most often the produce item being implicated has been consumed, and there is nothing left to test.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
"They are currently working to identify whether any part of this implicated lot is available in commerce or in consumers homes."
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Other pieces of evidence also implicated Burt in a crime.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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Mr. Fatafteh confessed to the crime and his DNA was found as implicating evidence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
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
His lawyer, Thomas Dickey, earlier told local media he had not "seen any evidence yet" implicating his client.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 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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