implicate
verb (used with object)
to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner.
had implicated
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past perfectof implicate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Other researchers had implicated mutations in DNA regions that help regulate the activity of genes like PTCH1 as at least partly responsible for legs disappearing.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 19, 2023
Defense attorneys contend Burzaco had implicated Lopez and Martinez to avoid prison.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
The case stems from a Mada Masr article reported by the three journalists and published last year, which said a state inquiry had implicated members of the Nation’s Future party in “gross financial misconduct”.
From Reuters ● Feb. 28, 2023
The woman had implicated Smith in the crime years ago, saying then that she knew him well as a neighborhood troublemaker.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2021
Still, Karl received five years of hard labor for reading the leaflets, and Rudi was given ten years, because he had implicated himself more during the interrogations.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
