implicate

verb (used with object), im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing.

1. to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
2. to imply as a necessary circumstance, or as something to be inferred or understood.
3. to connect or relate to intimately; affect as a consequence: The malfunctioning of one part of the nervous system implicates another part.
4. Archaic. to fold or twist together; intertwine; interlace.

verb (tr)

1. to show to be involved, esp in a crime
2. to involve as a necessary inference; implyhis protest implicated censure by the authorities
3. to affect intimatelythis news implicates my decision
4. rare to intertwine or entangle