IMPLICATED Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

implicated

verb

past tense of implicate, archaic

as in twisted

to cause to twine about one another the implicated vines did form a most restful garden bower

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Recent Examples of implicated The next year, health authorities linked a cyclospora outbreak in part to Taylor Farms, tracing it back to the same central Mexico facility implicated in this year’s outbreak. — Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026 Two of the involved officers later sued Torres-Walker for alleged defamation over Facebook posts calling them racists, though both cops were later charged with bribery and implicated in the city’s police racist texting scandal. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 Coast Citrus Distributors agreed to recall the remaining product implicated in the outbreak, the FDA said. — Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 The burrito chain was implicated in at least five separate foodborne illness outbreaks between 2015 and 2018. — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026 Prosecutors responded Monday that the defense had wrongly implicated the district attorney's office in decisions made by the Office of Court Administration. — Greg Wehner , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 The charges were part of a larger case that implicated 11-year NBA veteran Damon Jones and claimed that non-public insider information was being sold to and used by gamblers to profit on NBA games. — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 31 July 2026 In December 2020, a third Libyan official was implicated in the bombing of Pan Am 103, per CBS News. — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026 Many of the Somali suspects implicated in the scheme were constituents in Omar’s congressional district. — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 24 July 2026

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Pogačar soared over the Tourmalet to take 30 seconds by the summit, another 40 seconds on the descent, and twisted the knife by gaining another minute and a half to the line.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2026
As the audio played in court, Gray gently twisted in his chair when the message to his father was heard but his facial expression remained unchanged.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

Definition of twisted

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However, this line of argumentation leaves unacknowledged the ways in which professionalization and academic exploration are importantly intertwined, rather than at odds.

— Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Population-level case numbers hid individual after idiosyncratic individual — and just how closely research and practice could be intertwined.

— Eric Boodman, STAT, 31 July 2026

Definition of intertwined

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The consequences aren’t just ecological; trout fishing is closely entwined with the economy in many Rocky Mountain communities.

— Matthew Brown, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
The allegations became entwined with the court’s investigation into the war in Gaza, with Khan’s supporters arguing that the warrants the court has issued for top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, were at stake.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of entwined

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There were no global superstars, and only a couple of players at genuinely elite clubs like Benfica and Villarreal; most plied their trade well outside football’s spotlight.

— André Martin, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Tsietsi sent one of them to the front as a lookout, while the others eagerly plied him with questions about his activities.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026

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