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im·peach
(ĭm-pēch′)tr.v. im·peached, im·peach·ing, im·peach·es
1.
a. To make an accusation against: impeach someone of a crime.
b. To bring formal charges against (a public official) for wrongdoing while in office.
2. To raise doubts about; discredit or disparage: impeach a witness's credibility; impeach someone's character.
[Middle English empechen, to impede, accuse, from Anglo-Norman empecher, from Late Latin impedicāre, to entangle : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Latin pedica, fetter; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]
im·peach′a·ble adj.
im·peach′a·bil′i·ty n.
im·peach′er n.
im·peach′ment n.
Usage Note: When an irate citizen demands that a disfavored public official be impeached, the citizen clearly intends for the official to be removed from office. This popular use of impeach as a synonym of "throw out" (even if by due process) does not accord with the legal meaning of the word. When a public official is impeached, that is, formally accused of wrongdoing, this is only the start of what can be a lengthy process that may or may not lead to the official's removal from office. In strict usage, an official is impeached (accused), tried, and then convicted or acquitted. The vaguer use of impeach reflects disgruntled citizens' indifference to whether the official is forced from office by legal means or chooses to resign to avoid further disgrace.
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impeachment
(ɪmˈpiːtʃmənt)n
1. (Parliamentary Procedure) rare (in England) committal by the House of Commons, esp of a minister of the Crown, for trial by the House of Lords. The last instance occurred in 1805
2. (Law) (in the US) a proceeding brought against a federal government official
3. (Law) an accusation or charge
4. obsolete discredit; reproach
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im•peach•ment
(ɪmˈpitʃ mənt)n.
1. the act of impeaching; condition of being impeached.
2. (in the U.S. Congress or a state legislature) the presentation of charges against a public official by the lower house, with trial to be before the upper house.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French]
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impeachment
The charging of a public official before a quasipolitical body with having committed an offense while in office.
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| Noun | 1. |  impeachment - a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in officelegal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right |
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impeachment
noun accusation, prosecution, indictment, arraignment Unconstitutional actions would be grounds for impeachment.
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Translations
مُحاكَمَة أو إتهام رئيس الجمهوريَّه
obvinění ze zločinu
rigsretssag
vád alá helyezés
ákæra, lögsókn
obvinenie zo zločinu
impeachment
[ɪmˈpiːtʃmənt]A. N (= accusation) → acusación f de prevaricación; (= trial) → proceso m por prevaricación; [of president] → proceso m de destitución
B. CPD impeachment hearing N → juicio m por destitución
impeachment proceedings NPL → proceso m de destitución
impeachment proceedings NPL → proceso m de destitución
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impeachment
[ɪmˈpiːtʃmənt] n [president] → procédure f de l'impeachment, mise f en cause de la responsabilité pénaleCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
impeachment
n
(Jur: = accusation) → Anklage f (wegen eines Amtsvergehens); (US: of president) → Amtsenthebungsverfahren nt, → Impeachment nt
(= questioning) (of sb’s character, motives) → Infragestellung f, → Anzweiflung f; (of testimony also) → Anfechtung f
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impeach
(imˈpiːtʃ) verb to accuse of a crime, especially to accuse a person who works for the government of a crime against the State.
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