Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense impeaches, present participle impeaching, past tense, past participle impeached
verb
If a court or a group in authority impeaches a president or other senior official, it charges them with committing a crime which makes them unfit for office.
...an opposition move to impeach the President. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: charge, accuse, prosecute, blame More Synonyms of impeach
More Synonyms of impeach
impeach in British English
(ɪmˈpiːtʃ)
verb(transitive)
1. criminal law
to bring a charge or accusation against
2. British criminal law
to accuse of a crime, esp of treason or some other offence against the state
3. mainly US
to charge (a public official) with an offence committed in office
4.
to challenge or question (a person's honesty, integrity, etc)
Derived forms
impeacher (imˈpeacher)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Old French empeechier, from Late Latin impedicāre to entangle, catch, from Latin im- (in) + pedica a fetter, from pēs foot
impeach in American English
(ɪmˈpitʃ)
verb transitive
1.
to challenge or discredit (a person's honor, reputation, etc.)
2.
to challenge the practices or honesty of; accuse; esp., to bring (a public official)before the proper tribunal on charges of wrongdoing
noun
3. Obsolete
impeachment
SIMILAR WORDS: acˈcuse
Derived forms
impeachment (imˈpeachment)
noun
Word origin
ME empechen < OFr empechier, to hinder < LL impedicare, to fetter, entangle < L in-, in + pedica, a fetter < pes, foot
Examples of 'impeach' in a sentence
impeach
Joyhinia was planning to impeach Mahina and was prepared to sell R'shiel to the Kariens to do it.
Jennifer Fallon MEDALON (2001)
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impeach
British English: impeach VERB
If an official body impeaches a president or a government official, it decides that the president or the official has committed a serious crime.
...an opposition move to impeach the President.
American English: impeach
Brazilian Portuguese: impugnar
Chinese: 弹劾
European Spanish: impugnar
French: mettre en accusation
German: wegen eines Amtsvergehens anklagen
Italian: mettere sotto accusa
Japanese: 弾劾する
Korean: 탄핵하다
European Portuguese: impugnar
Latin American Spanish: impugnar
1 (verb)
Definition
to charge (a public official) with an offence committed in office
an opposition move to impeach the President
Synonyms
charge
They have all the evidence required to charge him.
accuse
He accused me of being lazy.
prosecute
The police have decided not to prosecute him.
blame
They blamed the army for most of the atrocities.
denounce
Informers might at any moment denounce them to the authorities.
indict
She was later indicted on corruption charges.
censure
I would not presume to censure him for his views.
bring to trial
arraign
He was arraigned for criminally abetting a traitor.
2 (verb)
Definition
to challenge or question (a person's honesty or honour)
Synonyms
challenge
The move was immediately challenged by the opposition.
question
It never occurs to them to question the doctor's decisions.
cast doubt on
call into question
disparage
impugn (formal)
I hope the good name of the company will not be impugned.
cast aspersions on
Additional synonyms
in the sense of accuse
He accused me of being lazy.
Synonyms
point a or the finger at,
allege,
blame for,
denounce,
attribute to,
hold responsible for,
impute blame to
in the sense of arraign
Definition
to accuse
He was arraigned for criminally abetting a traitor.