1show (someone) to be involved in a crime:he implicated his government in the murders of three judges
(be implicated in) bear some of the responsibility for (an action or process, especially a criminal or harmful one):viruses are known to be implicated in the development of certain cancers
2 [with clause] 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
