(v. t.) To involve; to connect; to bring into connection with; as, the evidence implicates him in the conspiracy\; to be implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc.

absorb affect allegorize allude to assail associate assume attack ball up bring bring to mind call for catch up in censure complicate comprise concern confound confuse connect connote contain criminate cry out against cry out on cry shame upon draw in embarrass embrangle embroil engage enmesh ensnare entail entangle entrap foul up hint imply import impugn include incriminate inculpate infer insinuate interest intimate involve knot lead to louse up mean mean to say mess up mire mix up muck up muddle perplex point indirectly to presume presuppose ramify ravel require screw up snarl snarl up subsume suck into suggest suppose suspect take take for granted take in tangle