had been implicating

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of implicate.
  implicate

  verb (used with object)

  to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner.

Related Words

• accuse
• affect
• blame
• charge
• cite
• embroil
• entangle
• incriminate
• suggest