What is the meaning of implicated?

verb

  • Bring into intimate and incriminating connection.
    • usage: "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government"
  • Impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result.
    • usage: "What does this move entail"

adjective

  • Culpably involved.
    • usage: "all those concerned in the bribery case have been identified"; "named three officials implicated in the plot"; "an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime"
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