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- pronunciation:
- Im
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keIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
implicates, implicating, implicated |
| definition: |
to involve or prove involvement of (someone or something) in an affair, situation, event, or series of events.
She feared that her husband was somehow implicated in the murder.The studies implicated mercury as a cause of the brain damage.
- synonyms:
- incriminate, involve
- antonyms:
- clear
- similar words:
- connect, criminate, impute, inculpate
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| related words: |
accuse, charge, entangle |
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