I haven’t followed this story at all.
The headline infers that Cecil was killed illegally. Is that true?
Implies is the word you mean.
[ The headline infers that Cecil was killed illegally. Is that true? ]
Some debate on if he was baited and the legality of it, even if Cecil wasn’t legally killed the whole baiting thing is jerky move on behalf of the guides and possibly the hunters.
Cecil may have been legally killed but it was D!ck move if he was baited off of a reserve so someone could “fish barrel shoot” him.
His Brother may have been illegally poached by poaching poaching scum.