All 3 Uses

implication
in
Mao’s Last Dancer
(Edited)

I couldn't implicate my family in all of this.
Chpt 3.22

implicate = involve
Ben's relationship with China mended after that trip and I was happy for him for that, but I still worried about the possible implications my defection might have had on my family and for several years I didn't write or call them, fearing I would get them into further trouble.
Chpt 3.23 *

implications = consequences or impact
Some of my relatives and friends had distanced themselves from my family, for fear of being implicated in my defection, but the officials never contacted my family again.
Chpt 3.25 *

implicated = accused of involvement

Definitions:

(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
(2) (implication as in: Her implication in the crime)
involvement in or the suggestion that someone was involved in something -- especially a crime
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)