Verb

(implicat)

To connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something.

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To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.

(archaic) To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.

Verb

(complicat)

To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.

Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your education.

to expose involvement in a convoluted matter.

John has been complicated in the affair by new tapes that surfaced.

The DA has made every effort to complicate me in the scandal.