implicate

tr.v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.

1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot.
2. To have as a consequence or necessary circumstance; imply or entail: His evasiveness implicated complicity.
3. Linguistics. To convey, imply, or suggest by implicature.
4. Archaic. To interweave or entangle; entwine.

[Middle English, to convey a truth bound up in a fable, from Latin implicāre, implicāt-, to entangle, unite : in-, in; see in-² + plicāre, to fold.]

verb

1. To draw in so that extrication is difficult: catch up, embrangle, embroil, involve, mix up, suck. See free/unfree, participate/abstain.
2. To cause to appear involved in or guilty of a crime or fault: criminate, incriminate, inculpate. See attack/defend, crimes.

v

Definition: imply, involve
Antonyms: defend, pardon, support

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IN BRIEF: To show or prove to be involved.

By lying to the police, the man implicated himself in the crime.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - inddrage, indblande, involvere, implicere, indebære, medføre
n. - inddragning, indblanding, implikation

Nederlands (Dutch)
impliceren, betrekken, implicatie

Français (French)
v. tr. - impliquer
n. - implication

Deutsch (German)
v. - verwickeln, implizieren, betreffen
n. - Folgerung, Konsequenz, impliziter Verdacht

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ενοχοποιώ, εμπλέκω, αναμιγνύω, ανακατεύω

Italiano (Italian)
implicare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - implicar

Русский (Russian)
запутанный, впутывать, подразумевать, перепутывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - implicar, comprometer, complicar
n. - implicado, comprometido, cosa implicada

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - blanda in, innebära, påverka, angripa (med.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
牵连, 意味着, 连累, 暗指, 包含的东西

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 牽連, 意味著, 連累, 暗指
n. - 包含的東西

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 관련시키다, 결과로~에게 영향 끼치다, 뒤얽히게 하다
n. - 포함된 것

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 巻き込む, 関係させる, 含蓄する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يدل ضمنا على‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עירב, סיבך, גרר‬
n. - ‮דבר שנרמז‬

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