implicate
verb (used with object)
to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner.
were implicating
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past progressiveof implicate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Gage said Mr. Bonomo and the other executives were implicating Mr. Skelos — their longtime friend — in a desperate bid to avoid prosecution themselves.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2018
I was angry then as if it were implicating me.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2013
There were implicating documents, and emissaries of the Jesuits were on the look-out.
From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Sarah Grand
