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Impeach

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To make an accusation against.

v. To charge (a public official) with improper conduct in office before a proper tribunal.

v. To challenge the validity of; try to discredit: impeach a witness's credibility.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To hinder.

v. To bring a legal proceeding against a public official, asserting that because he or she committed some offense, he or she should be removed from office.

v. To discredit an individual or group with presumed expertise.

v. To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To hinder; to impede; to prevent.

v. To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgment of official misconduct; to arraign. See Impeachment.

v. Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question.

v. To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.

n. Hindrance; impeachment.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To hinder; impede.

To call in question; accuse of wrong or error; bring discredit on; disparage; accuse: as, to impeach one's motives; to impeach the credit of a witness.

Specifically, to prefer charges of official misconduct against, before a competent tribunal; bring to account by trial for malfeasance in office. See impeachment, 3.

To call to account; charge as answerable.

n. Same as impeachment.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. challenge the honesty or veracity of

v. bring an accusation against; level a charge against

v. charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office

Word Usage

"If this keeps up the word impeach will soon be heard across the land."

Verb Form

impeached impeaches impeaching

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

challenge charge file lodge

Cross Reference

to impeach a witness

Form

impeachment

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

discredit indict accuse disparage censure

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Beach Peach Teach beach beech