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im⋅peach⋅a⋅ble

  [im-pee-chuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. making one subject to impeachment, as misconduct in office.
2. liable to be impeached.
Origin:
1495–1505; impeach + -able

Related forms:
im⋅peach⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
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im·peach·a·ble   (ĭm-pē'chə-bəl)   
adj.  
  1. Capable of being impeached: venal, impeachable public servants.
  2. Being such as to warrant impeachment: an impeachable offense.
im·peach'a·bil'i·ty n.
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Impeachable

Im*peach"a*ble\, a. That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime.

Owners of lands in fee simple are not impeachable for waste. --Z. Swift.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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