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impeachment

[ im-peech-muhnt ]

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noun

the impeaching of a public official before an appropriate tribunal.
(in Congress or a state legislature) the presentation of formal charges against a public official by the lower house, trial to be before the upper house.
demonstration that a witness is less worthy of belief.
the act of impeaching.
the state of being impeached.

impeachment

A formal accusation of wrongdoing against a public official. According to the United States Constitution , the House of Representatives can vote to impeach an official, but the Senate actually tries the case. Several presidencies have been blemished by impeachment or the threat of impeachment: President Andrew Johnson was impeached after the Civil War but was acquitted. President Richard Nixon resigned from office as the House of Representatives prepared to initiate impeachment proceedings. President William Jefferson Clinton was impeached in 1998 but was acquitted by the Senate the following year.

1350–1400; Middle English empechement < Anglo-French. See impeach, -ment

The Democrats were able to sideline Kucinich and avoid a divisive impeachment battle.

Republican leaders today are doing the same thing, using the media to tell their members there will be no impeachment.

“Impeachment is a riveting event in the history of the country,” Kucinich says.

Now, alongside possible impeachment, Hall may face criminal charges as a result of his probe.

But an absence of niceties nor an unwillingness to conform is not a legitimate cause for impeachment.

Both these books contain a violent impeachment of the Italian Grand Master, which, if it concerned us, would not convince us.

Impossible to be so disrespectful to the Field Marshal or so inconsiderate to their department as to reject the soft impeachment.

Thurlow, who was annoyed by Pitt's assent to the impeachment of Hastings, strongly objected to Arden's appointment.

He visited England in 1640, and was consulted by the Earl of Strafford in preparing a defence against his impeachment.

Let me own the soft impeachment: I am not a racing man—not in any degree "horsey."

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