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• (implicate)- to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating
manner, ( ); The committee named in
it differs from the committee really named by the Provincial Congress, and
the proceedings nowhere implicate the men actually proved guilty. — The
True George Washington;
accusation = accusal = indictment ~ impeachment ~ allegation
• (accusal)- accusation; An impulse of self-accusal drove Glennard to the
window. — The Touchstone;
• (indictment)- any charge, accusation, serious criticism, or cause for blame,
( , ); And this indictment is amply confirmed from
other sources. — The Greek View of Life;
• (allegation)- an assertion made with little or no proof, ( ,
); The police wouldn't elaborate on who
the allegation was against or any other details;
arrest = collar = nail = apprehend
• (arrest)- to stop; check;
• to seize and hold under the authority of law; His secret mission to Genoa
gave a pretext for his arrest, and for thirteen days, in August, 1794, he was a
prisoner, but through his friends was liberated. — The Life Of Napoleon
Bonaparte;
• (collar)- Slang to arrest (a criminal, for example);
• (nail)- Slang to stop and seize; catch;
• (apprehend)- to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or
authority,( , );A criminal had to be apprehended,
and the circumstances, though difficult, were not unfamiliar. — The Sins of
Séverac Bablon;
• to grasp the meaning of; understand, esp. intuitively; perceive, (
);
• to expect with anxiety, suspicion, or fear; anticipate,( );
apprehend > apprehensive^misapprehend = misconstrue(^construe) =
misconceive(^conceive > conception) = misinterpret
• (apprehensive)- uneasy or fearful about something that might happen,
( , , ); His mottled face was apprehensive, and he moved
with a sort of reluctant alacrity. — The Invisible Man;
• (misapprehend)- to apprehend incorrectly; misunderstand; Those in an
inferior station to yourself will doubt your good intentions, and
misapprehend your plainest expressions. — Selected English Letters (XV -
XIX Centuries);