implicating

verb

present participle of implicate, archaic
as in weaving
to cause to twine about one another the implicated vines did form a most restful garden bower

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Recent Examples of implicating In her depiction of the exhausting vigilance this reality required, through a second-person voice cannily implicating her reader, Rankine created a new language to identify a problem as old as the United States. — Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 Around the same time as Høiby’s trial began, a second scandal erupted, this time implicating Mette-Marit herself. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 Over the years, questions about the evidence against Smith emerged as a witness recanted, Lowden repudiated his earlier statement implicating Smith, and another man claimed responsibility for Hart's killing. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 FanDuel, as of Thursday, had the United States as a minus-165 favorite, implicating about a 62% probability of victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026 Writer-director Pascal Plante skillfully enhances the themes of his film with a cold, unsettling atmosphere, often implicating us as voyeurs with our own fixation on the dark side of humanity. — Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026 In 1973, former White House Counsel John Dean began testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee, implicating top administration officials, including President Richard Nixon as well as himself, in the Watergate scandal and cover-up. — ABC News, 8 June 2026 Others have recanted and said police coerced them into implicating Washington and Simms. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026 Public statements implicating Raul Castro, who was the actual head of the armed forces, in the decision to shoot down the planes had emerged over the years, some of which were mentioned in the indictment. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implicating
  1. weaving
  2. twisting
  3. intertwining
Verb
  • Dow stood with three tattooed and shirtless jumpers, weaving white paracord through hooks in the canvas and cinching it tight.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Ousmane Kromah had a weaving 52-yard run in the fourth quarter.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of weaving
Verb
  • The system shudders a bit and then gets back to normal, like a person stubbing a toe or twisting an ankle faces discomfort and difficulty walking for a while.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Beyond the town’s artistic offerings, Brown County State Park, Indiana’s largest and an easy day trip from Indianapolis, draws visitors with more than 90 miles of hiking and biking trails twisting through blazing forests.
    — Taryn Shorr-Mckee, Midwest Living, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of twisting
Verb
  • Peete and Robinson’s relationship had become complex, intertwining their personal connection with finances, loyalty, and resentment.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The book follows the intertwining stories of two families, the Hamiltons (who emigrate from Ireland to Steinbeck’s beloved Salinas Valley) and the Trasks (who move to California from the East Coast), over the course of several generations.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of intertwining

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“Implicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implicating. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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