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[ im-pee-chuh-buhl ] / ɪmˈpi tʃə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR impeachable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivemaking one subject to impeachment, as misconduct in office. liable to be impeached. Origin of impeachableFirst recorded in 1495–1505; impeach + -able OTHER WORDS FROM impeachableim·peach·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·im·peach·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·im·peach·a·ble, adjectiveWords nearby impeachableimpatience, impatiens, impatient, impawn, impeach, impeachable, impeachment, impearl, impeccable, impeccant, impecunious Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for impeachableThe impeachable crime is admitted but the guilt runs too deep to die so easily. Three Dicks: Cheney, Nixon, Richard III and the Art of Reputation Rehab|Clive Irving|July 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST A broad bipartisan House Judiciary Committee majority found his sins to rise to the level of impeachable offenses. The Taxonomy of Scandals: Is Obama Nearing a Breaking Point?|Lloyd Green|May 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST Sending a young woman a lewd photo is not an impeachable offense, but it is monumentally bad judgment. Anthony Weiner's Junk Defense|Howard Kurtz|June 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST But has Judge Bybee committed an impeachable offense by signing off on these memos? Should the Judge Who Wrote the Torture Memos Be Impeached?|John W. Dean|April 21, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Treason and bribery, specifically named in the Constitution as impeachable offenses, were also indictable. The Life of John Marshall Volume 3 of 4|Albert J. Beveridge The same act committed with a criminal motive would be impeachable, which without it would be of a nature not to admit of it. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. II (of 16)|Thomas Hart Benton Subversive of the rights of defence, which belong to an accused and impeachable officer. Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2)|Thomas Hart Benton The managers of the impeachment were far from consistent in their conception of the nature of impeachable offenses. Union and Democracy|Allen Johnson The President of the United States is impeachable at any time during his continuance in office. The Federalist Papers|Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
British Dictionary definitions for impeachable
adjectivecapable of being impeached or accused (of an offence) making a person liable to impeachment Derived forms of impeachableimpeachability, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to impeachablereprehensible, responsible, guilty, liable, amiss, answerable, at fault, blamable, blameworthy, caught, censurable, dirty, hung up, off base, punishable, sinful, smoking gun, unholy, wrong, blameful |