Implicating

/ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪŋ/ verb

Suggesting or showing that someone or something is involved in or responsible for something, usually something wrong or illegal.

From Latin 'implicare' meaning 'to enfold' or 'to involve,' from 'in-' (in) and 'plicare' (to fold)—the image is of folding someone into guilt like folding cloth.

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