implicated
Shown to be connected
Implicated means shown to be involved in something, usually something wrong or harmful.
Evidence implicates a suspect in a crime; a scandal implicates officials in corruption.
The word carries a sense of entanglement—being drawn into wrongdoing rather than simply caught: The documents implicated three senior executives in the cover-up.
To be implicated is to be connected, not necessarily proven guilty.
Charged with wrongdoing
- indictedFormally charged legally
- chargedFormally accused of crime
- arraignedFormally charged in court
- prosecutedLegally charged with crime
defendant · suspect · testimony · witness · verdict · conviction · acquittal · trial
Caught in complexity
- embroiledInvolved in conflict
- entwinedWrapped around one another
- entangledTwisted together inseparably
- involvedParticipating or complicated
intertwined · connected · associated · compromised · tainted · mired · inextricable · deep
Fraudulent secret cooperation
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
- cabalScheming political faction
- cover-upHiding wrongdoing from public
scandal · corruption · intrigue · machination · covert · clandestine · secrecy · espionage
Deserving blame for wrongdoing
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- admissionEntry or confession
confession · remorse · shame · stigma · burdened · tainted · suspected · questionable
accused
Charged with wrongdoing
prosecuted · defendant · suspect · testimony · witness · verdict · conviction · acquittal · trial · hearing
enmeshed
Caught in complexity
- embroiledInvolved in conflict
- entwinedWrapped around one another
- entangledTwisted together inseparably
involved · intertwined · connected · associated · compromised · tainted · mired · inextricable · deep · tangled
collusion
Fraudulent secret cooperation
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
- cabalScheming political faction
cover-up · scandal · corruption · intrigue · machination · covert · clandestine · secrecy · espionage · treachery
culpability
Deserving blame for wrongdoing
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
admission · confession · remorse · shame · stigma · burdened · tainted · suspected · questionable · damning
- criminal traitsconvicted, guilty, accused, arrested, wanted
- accountabilityaccountability, responsibility, accountable, take responsibility, answerability
- attentionattention, focus, focused, attentiveness, focused attention
implicatedexonerated
Cleared of wrongdoing
exculpated · cleared · absolved · vindicated · acquitted
implicateduninvolved
Not taking part
unimplicated · unconnected · nonimplicated · detached · separate
- legal implicationsPotential outcomes affecting rights
- tax implicationsFinancial effects of transactions
- moral implicationsRight-wrong considerations of actions
- economic implicationsMonetary effects of actions
- ethical implicationsMoral significance of choices
- health implicationsEffects on bodily welfare
implication, implications, implicate, implicating, implicates