implicate

/'implikit/

Thân thiện

This new evidence implicates the manager in the fraud.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To show or suggest that someone is involved in something wrong or illegal: To provide evidence or create a strong inference that a person participated in a crime or undesirable activity.
   • To have as a necessary part or consequence; to entail or involve: To imply something as a necessary component or logical result.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • The leaked emails implicated several officials in the corruption scandal.
  • His silence during the investigation seemed to implicate him.
  • The new policy may implicate significant changes to our daily workflow. (Here, it means 'entail' or 'involve'.)

Advanced Usage

• "to implicate oneself": To say or do something that suggests one's own involvement in a wrongdoing.
  • By lying to the police, he inadvertently implicated himself in the cover-up.

Variants and Related Words

• Implication (n): 1. The conclusion that can be drawn from something, although it is not explicitly stated. 2. The action or state of being involved in something.

  • The implication of his statement was that he knew about the plan.
  • Her implication in the affair damaged her reputation.

• Implicative (adj): Tending to imply or suggest something.

  • The report was highly implicative of managerial negligence.

Synonyms

• Involve: To include someone or something in an activity or situation, often unwillingly.
• Incriminate: To make someone appear guilty of a crime or wrongdoing.
• Entail: To involve something as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence.

Related Phrases

• Implicated in: Involved in, especially in something blameworthy.
  • He was deeply implicated in the fraud scheme.

Notes on Meaning

The verb "implicate" is most commonly used in legal, journalistic, or formal contexts to suggest involvement in a crime or scandal. Its secondary meaning, "to entail," is more formal and academic, relating to logical consequences. The primary focus is on connecting a person to an action, typically a negative one.

Học thuật

Verb

1. impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
   • What does this move entail?
2. bring into intimate and incriminating connection
   • He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government

Từ đồng nghĩa

• entail