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Impeach

//ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To hinder, impede, or prevent.

    "These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land."

  2. 2
    bring an accusation against; level a charge against wordnet
  3. 3
    To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.

    "President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1998, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office."

  4. 4
    charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office wordnet
  5. 5
    To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
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  1. 6
    challenge the honesty or veracity of wordnet
  2. 7
    To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.

Etymology

From Middle English empechen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman empecher, from Old French empeechier (“to hinder”), from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”). Cognate with French empêcher (“to prevent”).

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