implicating

Verb

implicate (third-person singular simple present implicates, present participle implicating, simple past and past participle implicated)

1. (transitive, usually) To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
   • The evidence implicates involvement of top management in the scheme.
2. (nonstandard, transitive) To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.
   • What did Nixon's visit to China implicate for Russia?
3. To imply without entailing; to have as an implicature.
4. (archaic) To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.

   Synonyms:

   ensnarl, involve, ravel, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, foul, imply, mat, snarl

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