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impeach
[ im-peech ]
verb (used with object)
- to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.
- Chiefly Law. to challenge the credibility of:
to impeach a witness.
- to bring an accusation against.
- to call in question; cast an imputation upon:
to impeach a person's motives.
- to call to account.
noun
- Obsolete. impeachment.
impeach
/ ɪmˈpiːtʃ /
verb
- criminal law to bring a charge or accusation against
- criminal law to accuse of a crime, esp of treason or some other offence against the state
- to charge (a public official) with an offence committed in office
- to challenge or question (a person's honesty, integrity, etc)
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Derived Forms
- imˈpeacher, noun
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Other Words From
- im·peacher noun
- unim·peached adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of impeach1
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Example Sentences
Every call, all over the country, men and women, all said the same thing: Impeach him.
In 2013, for example, Clovis said that it would be difficult to impeach the President “because he claims to be black.”
Within the House Judiciary Committee, six Republicans voted with 21 Democrats to impeach the president.
Liberal Democrats wanted to impeach President George W. Bush, but Pelosi took it off the table.
But GOP candidates are making it clear to voters: We will move to impeach Obama.
He would impeach all his partners, acknowledge his errors, and promise once more to reform.
Let those who are greater, and wiser, and purer than Washington, impeach him.
If any president refuse to lend the executive arm of the government to the enforcement of the law, it can impeach the president.
If, when it has passed a law, any Court shall refuse to obey its behests, it can impeach the judges.
Do not think, however, that in making this observation I intend to impeach the character of Philip van Artevelde himself.
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