单词	impeachment
释义	impeachim‧peach /ɪmˈpiːtʃ/ verb [transitive] law Word Origin WORD ORIGINimpeach Origin: 1300-1400 Old French empeechier, from Late Latin impedicare ‘to fasten the feet together’, from Latin pedica ‘fetter’ Verb Table VERB TABLE impeach Simple Form Present I, you, we, they impeach he, she, it impeaches Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they impeached Present perfect I, you, we, they have impeached he, she, it has impeached Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had impeached Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will impeach Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have impeached Continuous Form Present I am impeaching he, she, it is impeaching you, we, they are impeaching Past I, he, she, it was impeaching you, we, they were impeaching Present perfect I, you, we, they have been impeaching he, she, it has been impeaching Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been impeaching Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be impeaching Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been impeaching Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Congress voted to impeach the President, but he resigned before any action was taken. The governor was impeached for accepting bribes. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And the nation cheered when the Supreme Court and the Senate voted last week to impeach him. Four Patriotic Accord deputies began immediate moves to impeach eight Supreme Court judges on the grounds of incompetence. Guimaraes had emerged from near retirement to play a prominent public role in the process to impeach Collor. He tried to impeach Mr Premadasa, accusing the president of corruption. If Mr Wahid's response is unsatisfactory, parliament can call a special session to impeach him and demand his dismissal. There he eavesdrops on his colleagues as they attempt to impeach him. They're going to impeach him. They will decide this week whether to impeach him. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwhen someone is officially accused of a crime► charge if the police charge someone, they tell that person that they believe he or she is guilty of a crime, and that the person must appear in court so that it can be proved whether they are guilty or not : charge somebody with murder/theft/assault etc: · The man they arrested last night has been charged with murder.· They're going to charge him with dangerous driving.charge somebody with doing something: · Police have charged a 22-year-old man with robbing two Japanese tourists.be charged: · Twelve people involved in the demonstration have been arrested and charged. ► press charges also bring charges British to make an official statement accusing someone of a crime or an offence, so that they will be judged in a court of law: · He's in trouble this time. The police have said they're going to press charges.press charges against: · Curran decided to bring charges against the man who attacked him.· Charges have been brought against the demonstrators. ► prosecute if the authorities prosecute someone, they try to prove that the person is guilty of a crime in a court of law so that they can be punished: · The shopkeeper is unlikely to prosecute if the stolen goods are returned. · People who give the police false information will be prosecuted.prosecute somebody for something: · Winstanley was prosecuted for criminal damage of property. ► put somebody on trial/bring somebody to trial to send someone to a court of law where they will be officially accused of a serious crime and will be judged: · Blake was brought to trial and sentenced to seven years in prison.put somebody on trial for something: · A Glasgow girl was put on trial for poisoning her lover.bring somebody to trial for something: · These men were brought to trial for a crime they did not commit. ► indict to officially accuse someone of a crime, so that they will be judged in a court of law - used especially in the American legal system: be indicted: · A leading cocaine trafficker has been indicted by the United States government.indict somebody for something: · He was indicted for perjury before a grand jury. ► impeach to officially accuse an important public official or politician of a crime when they are in a position of authority - used especially in the American legal system: · Congress voted to impeach the President, but he resigned before any action was taken.impeach somebody for doing something: · The governor was impeached for accepting bribes. WORD SETS► Crime & Law alarmed, adjectiveallegation, nounamnesty, nounbail, nounbreath test, nouncharge sheet, nouncircumstantial, adjectivecompensation, nouncompensatory, adjectivecomplicity, nouncondemned, adjectivecondemned cell, nounconfess, verbconfession, nounconman, nouncontraband, nouncuff, verbdebug, verbdetain, verbdick, nounenforce, verbfed, nounFederal Bureau of Investigation, nounflogging, nounforensic, adjectivegallows, noungaolbird, noungas chamber, noungibbet, nounguillotine, nounhang, verbhanging, nounhard labour, nounimpeach, verbKC, nounlaunder, verblawsuit, nounleg irons, nounlicensed, adjectivelicensing laws, nounlife, nounlife sentence, nounline-up, nounlynch, verblynch mob, nounpenalty point, nounpenology, nounpolygraph, nounposse, nounprisoner, nounracket, nounracketeer, nounracketeering, nounrake-off, nounransom, nounransom, verbreport, verbreprieve, nounriot, nounshop, verbsilk, nounspeed trap, nounstalker, nounstrip search, nountransport, verbtransportation, nountribunal, nounundercover, adjectivevictim, nounwrongdoing, noun if a government official is impeached, they are formally charged with a serious crime in a special government court:  The governor was impeached for using state funds improperly.—impeachment noun [countable, uncountable]
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