implicate
verb
• show (someone) to be involved in a crime.
• "he was implicated in a price-fixing scandal"
• convey (a meaning) indirectly through what one says, rather than stating it explicitly.
• "by saying that coffee would keep her awake, Mary implicated that she didn't want any"
Similar:
imply,
suggest,
hint,
intimate,
say indirectly,
indicate,
insinuate,
give someone to understand,
give someone to believe,
convey the impression,
signal,
make out,
implicate
noun
• a thing implied.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin implicatus ‘folded in’, past participle of implicare (see imply). The original sense was ‘entwine’; compare with employ and imply. The earliest modern (implicate (sense 2 of the verb)), dates from the early 17th century.
