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Definition of Impeach
1. Verb. Challenge the honesty or veracity of. "The lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses"
2. Verb. Charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office. "The President was impeached"
3. Verb. Bring an accusation against; level a charge against. "They want to impeach the prisoners "; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse"
Specialized synonyms: Reproach, Upbraid, Arraign, Recriminate, Charge, File, Lodge
Generic synonyms: Accuse, Charge
Derivative terms: Accusal, Accusation, Accusative, Accusatory, Accuser, Accusive, Crime, Criminative, Criminatory, Crime, Incrimination
Definition of Impeach
1. v. t. To hinder; to impede; to prevent.
2. n. Hindrance; impeachment.
Definition of Impeach
1. Verb. To hinder. ¹
2. Verb. To bring a legal proceeding against a public official, asserting that because he or she committed some offense, he or she should be removed from office. ¹
3. Verb. To discredit an individual or group with presumed expertise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impeach
1. to charge with misconduct in office [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impeach
Literary usage of Impeach
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England: From the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of George by Tobias George Smollett (1800)
"I impeach Robert Earl of " Oxford and Earl Mortimer of ... matter or evidence to
impeach the Earl of high- ..."
2. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"During the preceding period of one impeach- hundred and sixty-two years (i459-1621)
... However that may be, the fact remains impeach- that the next regular ..."
3. A Constitutional History of the House of Lords by Luke Owen Pike (1894)
"The Com- Towards the end of the reign of Richard II, however, their'rieh?
impeachment by the Commons becomes a more important to impeach factor in the ..."
4. The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke (1867)
"I impeach him in the name of the people of India, whose laws, rights, and liberties
he has subverted, whose properties ho has destroyed, whose country ho ..."
5. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"... he had the mortification to see them in n short time exposed for sale.
JOHNSON'S LIFE OF SAVAGE. impeach and arraign are both species of accusing ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Clement Tudway Swanston, John Scott Eldon (1821)
"French louis, at the rate of 24 French livres each, circumstances together with
interest for the same in the mean time. tending to impeach its authenticity ..."
7. Institutes of American Law by John Bouvier (1854)
"Of bills to impeach a decree for fraud. Art. 1.—In what cases a bill to impeach
a decree for fraud is the appropriate remedy. 4141. A bill to impeach a ..."
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