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US
/ˌɪmˈpitʃ/
]
[ UK /ɪmpˈiːtʃ/ ]
[ UK /ɪmpˈiːtʃ/ ]
VERB
-
bring an accusation against; level a charge against
The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse -
challenge the honesty or veracity of
the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses -
charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office
The President was impeached
How To Use impeach In A Sentence
- While poor excommunicated Miss Tox, who, if she were a fawner and toad – eater, was at least an honest and a constant one, and had ever borne a faithful friendship towards her impeacher and had been truly absorbed and swallowed up in devotion to the magnificence of Mr Dombey and Son
- You can be morally unimpeachable for entirely selfish reasons. Times, Sunday Times
- Lord Fletcher, said the Bishop, was a man of unimpeachable integrity and character.
- The Constitution requires only a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly to impeach the president.
- Nelson received $45 million in bribe money for his State to swing his vote doesn't anyone else find this criminal and IMPEACHABLE? Huckabee compares Nelson to Judas
- A judge should possess an unimpeachable character and unbreached integrity. Times, Sunday Times
- To be an "unimpeachable" wife was not to her thinking a sufficient meeting of her problem. The Tyranny of Weakness
- There is complete security of tenure for the judges, with Supreme Court and High Court judges being removable only through impeachment.
- Congressional Democrats have resisted impeachment considerations, recalling the acrimonious division when a Republican Congress impeached Bill Clinton in 1998 for perjury and obstruction of justice to cover up his affair with Monica Lewinsky. Bush's Disapproval Hits Rare Heights; Only Nixon and Truman Scored Worse
- In the Watergate scandal, obstruction of justice was number one in the articles of impeachment approved by the House Judiciary Committee.
