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▶ Function: verb [with object]
▶ Inflected forms: implicates; implicated; implicating
▶ Meaning : to show that someone or something is closely connected to or involved in something (such as a crime)
▶ Examples:
-The evidence implicated many government officials in the conspiracy.
[=the evidence showed that many government officials were involved in the conspiracy]
-His business partner was implicated in the theft.
-Scientists have discovered a gene that is implicated [=involved] in the development of Alzheimer’s disease.