implicate
verb (used with object)
to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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They described the tactic they were employing — one that makes a suspect think he is shifting blame even as he is implicating himself.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2016