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Spacewater Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

The proper usage of "implicate"

I was implicated with a gang.
I am going implicate myself to a club.

Am I using "implicate" correctly?
  

Top answer

Hi, I was implicated with a gang. OK. I was shown to be involved with a gang.

— Clive

  • Hi, I was implicated with a gang.
  • OK.
  • I was shown to be involved with a gang.
  • However, the word is not commonly used with people (eg a gang).
  • You'd more often hear I was implicated in gang activity.
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Hi,

I was implicated with a gang. OK. I was shown to be involved with a gang.

However, the word is not commonly used with people (eg a gang). You'd more often hear

I was implicated in gang activity.



'Implicate' usually is used in connection with negative things.

eg His fingerprints implicated him in the burglary.

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Hi Clive,

Could I ask if "was indicated", as in "I was indicated in gang activity" have the same meaning as "was implicated"?

Thank you.

TN
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tinanam0102 Could I ask if "was indicated", as in "I was indicated in gang activity" have has the same meaning as "was implicated"?
I would say, "It does not."

To indicate something in active voice is to point to it, or to choose it in some way.

To implicat
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Hi,

I agree with Avangi.

Clive
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Hi Avangi, Clive,

Thank you.

Regards,

TN
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