implicated

past tense of implicate, archaic

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Recent Examples of implicated Young Republicans implicated in a scandal over racist, antisemitic and misogynistic comments in leaked chat messages reported by Politico face mounting calls to step down from their positions in party organizations. Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025 Allen was implicated in their failure, though whether he was killed for that or for killing Blackie or for some third reason remains a mystery. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025 She was particularly put off when the men, citing past cases of police corruption, suggested that law enforcement might have somehow been implicated in Scott’s death. Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025 Baseball stars Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi, NFL linebacker Bill Romanowski and several track athletes once were implicated. Jason Jones, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 The company initiated the recall after genetic testing found a strain of listeria bacteria in prepared chicken fettuccine and meatball pasta products that matched a strain of bacteria that has been implicated in an ongoing listeria outbreak since August 2024. Amy McCarthy, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025 This suggests creativity might help safeguard the very parts of the brain that tend to degrade first and that are also implicated in dementia. Erica Sloan, SELF, 8 Oct. 2025 The culprit turns out to be the disgruntled father of a girl implicated on a prior case the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's crime scene investigators handled. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025 That photo implicated me in all kinds of conspiracy theories about Kurt’s death, which persist to this day. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implicated
twisted
Verb
  • Each garment has twisted side seams and inseams that create a distinctive silhouette.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Like Carson, Letterman negotiated control of the time slot after his program to create The Late Late Show, where hosts ranging from Craig Ferguson to James Corden twisted the format to serve their tastes in ways Letterman had become too big to attempt.
    Eric Deggans, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Implicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implicated. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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