Impeach

[ɪm'piːtʃ] or [ɪm'pitʃ]

Definition

(verb.) charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office; 'The President was impeached'.

(verb.) challenge the honesty or veracity of; 'the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses'.

Checker: Micawber--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To hinder; to impede; to prevent.

(v. t.) 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 judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment.

(v. t.) Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct.

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

(n.) Hindrance; impeachment.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Accuse, charge, indict, arraign, criminate.[2]. Censure, denounce, call in question.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Accuse, arraign, indict, criminate

ANT:Acquit, absolve, abet, vindicate

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Definition

v.t to charge with a crime: to cite before a court for official misconduct: to call in question: (Spens.) to impede.—adj. Impeach′able liable to impeachment: chargeable with a crime.—ns. Impeach′er one who impeaches; Impeach′ment an exceptional form of process whereby the House of Commons may obtain redress for any high crimes and misdemeanours committed by peers and ministers of the Crown: (Shak.) hinderance obstruction.

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