impeach

CEFRC1

/ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To formally accuse a public official of serious wrongdoing.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.

Examples

  • Many people wanted to impeach President Nixon.

  • You guys in America can impeach your president too.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.

  2. To hinder, impede, or prevent.

  3. To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.

More examples

In context

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

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

  • I was afraid the same defluxion of Salt Rheum which fell from my Temples into my Throat in Oxford, and distilling upon the Uvula, impeached my Utterance a little to this Day

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The congressional committee voted to blank the president for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

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”).