implicated

im·pli·cate  (mpl-kt)

tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates

1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot.

2. To have as a consequence or necessary circumstance; imply or entail: His evasiveness implicated complicity.

3. Linguistics To convey, imply, or suggest by implicature.

4. Archaic To interweave or entangle; entwine.

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[Middle English, to convey a truth bound up in a fable, from Latin implicre, implict-, to entangle, unite : in-, in; see in-² + plicre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

implicated - culpably involved; "all those concerned in the bribery case have been identified"; "named three officials implicated in the plot"; "an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime" concerned involved - connected by participation or association or use; "we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved"; "the problems involved"; "the involved muscles"; "I don't want to get involved"; "everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified"

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implicated

adjective involved, suspected, incriminated, under suspicion Eventually the President was implicated in the cover-up.