Defend and Implicate

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Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Implicate is an antonym for defend.

Implicate verb - To cause to twine about one another.

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Defend is an antonym for implicate in imply topic.

friend	defend friend	implicate friend
man	defend man	implicate man
honor	defend honor	implicate honor
someone	defend someone	implicate someone
Other words: way, country, mother, father, brother, son, members.

When Professor Means is put on the stand, he claims that he was still willing to defend Juniper, despite claiming she tried to implicate him in the murder she allegedly did by tricking him into abandoning his alibi, because he was so impressed at her application of his corrupt principles.

Source: Visual Novel / Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Dual Destinies
From the introductory track, which is the Trope Namer to Sympathy for the Devil and Man of Wealth and Taste, to the largely Self Deprecating indictment of debauchery of their lifestyle, the songs both implicate society and defend the people largely undercut by privilege.

Source: Music / Beggars Banquet

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