Both Uses of
implication
in
And Then There Were None
- Whilst probability in some cases is against certain people being implicated, yet we cannot say definitely that any one person can be considered as cleared of all complicity.
p. 164.9implicated = involved or accused of involvement
- He was implicated in that share-pushing fraud of Bennito's three years ago-we're sure of that though we can't prove it.
p. 272.8 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(implication as in: the implication is that...) Something that follows from something else.The thing that follows could be:
- something suggested indirectly (not said directly)
- something that can be concluded (often a logical consequence)
- something that results from something else
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(2)
(implication as in: Her implication in the crime) involvement in or the suggestion that someone was involved in something -- especially a crime