How to Use implicate in a Sentence

implicate

verb
Definition of implicatenext
Synonyms for implicatenext
  • His business partner was implicated in the theft.
  • Trump was not charged, though Cohen, who pleaded guilty and went to prison, implicated Trump in the scheme.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Trump was not charged in that case, but Cohen — who pleaded guilty and spent three years in prison — implicated him in the scheme.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Fulmer retired around the same time, but was not implicated in any of the rule-breaking.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2023
  • This phone was later connected to some of the hacks in which he was implicated.
    — Time, 25 Aug. 2023
  • But the fact is, climate change is implicated at least to some extent in all of these disasters.
    — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 13 July 2023
  • The hacker is implicated in a number of breaches, with many of them targeting the FBI.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 18 Mar. 2023
  • All members of the axis have taken part in the war in Gaza, and all are, consequently, implicated in the eyes of Israel and the United States.
    — Narges Bajoghli, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2024
  • An Ohio teen implicated in a string of threatening calls to area high schools was charged as an adult Thursday in Lake County.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
  • McCarthy has a knack for describing the very worst human behavior in a way that implicates us all.
    — Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023
  • But the data implicating Alus was too compelling to ignore.
    — Annie Melchor, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The production is designed to involve, and to implicate, the audience.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Yet male leadership writ large is not implicated when a man is sent packing.
    — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Blocking the platform implicates the speech rights of both TikTok itself and the millions of Americans who use the platform every day.
    — Daniel Lyons, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Everyone — white, Black and brown — is implicated in the struggles for power.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Lowden took a plea deal, implicating Smith, and was convicted of murder in the second degree.
    — Annalisa Quinn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
  • New research suggests that AAV2 might be implicated in the disease.
    — Janelle Chavez, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Among those who have testified in the investigation are 17 Colombians implicated in the killing and jailed in Port-au-Prince.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • This may implicate your lovers and your nemeses, your business partners and your competitors.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The mayor was not charged or implicated in any wrongdoing.
    — William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • In 2004, three years before Cross was charged, Mangold published a story detailing their time in Mayfield and implicating Cross in the crime.
    — Jacque Smith, CNN, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Just how implicated should humans be in the extinction of these ice age animals?
    — Christopher R. Moore, Fortune, 17 June 2023
  • Part of these deals implicates that Chesebro and Powell could be called to testify in the trials of any of the other 16 defendants who have pending trials.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2023
  • This can lead to high blood sugar and is implicated in a host of chronic conditions like diabetes.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Trump was implicated in court filings as knowing of the arrangements.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 30 Mar. 2023
  • In the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, Krogh was implicated and pled guilty to federal charges.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 9 May 2023
  • The cantaloupes implicated in this outbreak include two brands, Malichita and Rudy, that are grown in the Sonora area of Mexico.
    — Jonel Aleccia, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Are we meant to be implicated in our own indifference, our willful avoidance of the barbarism in our own backyards?
    — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The highly potent and lethal opioid, fentanyl, is implicated in the majority of these deaths.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Considering that alcohol was almost always implicated in the worst goings-on at the Pig, the lines may have become too blurred.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023

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