Impeach
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Impeach is a verb meaning To hinder, impede, or prevent.
Meaning
To hinder, impede, or prevent.
More Meanings
- To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
- To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
- (law) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.
Example Sentences
These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land.
President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1998, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office.
I was afraid the same defluxion of Salt Rheum which fell from my Temples into my Throat in Oxford, and distilling upon the Uvula, impeached my Utterance a little to this Day
Word Forms
- impeaches
- impeaching
- impeached
Synonyms for impeach
Depending on context, synonyms include incriminate, accuse, criminate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include accuse, criminate, incriminate, oust, overturn, isolate.
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