to impeach
11impeach — in BrE means ‘to charge with a crime against the State, especially treason’, and in AmE means ‘to charge (the holder of a public office) with misconduct’. It does not mean ‘to dismiss from office’ in either variety …
12impeach — [v] denounce, censure accuse, arraign, blame, bring charges against, call into question, call to account, cast aspersions on, cast doubt on, challenge, charge, criminate, criticize, discredit, disparage, hold at fault, impugn, incriminate,… …
13impeach — ► VERB 1) call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice). 2) Brit. charge with treason or another crime against the state. 3) chiefly US charge (the holder of a public office) with misconduct. DERIVATIVES impeachable adjective… …
14impeach — [im pēch′] vt. [ME empechen < OFr empechier, to hinder < LL impedicare, to fetter, entangle < L in , in + pedica, a fetter < pes, FOOT] 1. to challenge or discredit (a person s honor, reputation, etc.) 2. to challenge the practices or …
15Impeach Blair campaign — On August 26, 2004, a cross party group of British MPs announced their campaign to impeach the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time, Tony Blair for high crimes and misdemeanours . A campaign to impeach the US President, George W. Bush …
16Impeach My Bush — Infobox Album | Name = Impeach My Bush Type = Album Artist = Peaches Released = 11 July, 2006 Genre = Electronica Label = Beggars XL Producer = Peaches, Micky Petralia, Greg Kurstin Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5… …
17impeach — v. (D; tr.) to impeach for (to impeach smb. for taking bribes) * * * [ɪm piːtʃ] (D; tr.) to impeach for (to impeach smb. for taking bribes) …
18impeach — im•peach [[t]ɪmˈpitʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) gov to accuse (a public official) of misconduct in office by bringing charges before an appropriate tribunal 2) law to challenge the credibility of: to impeach a witness[/ex] 3) to bring an accusation against 4) …
19impeach — [14] Impeach has nothing to do with peaches. In fact it is closely related to impede, and indeed originally meant ‘impede’ in English. Both verbs comes ultimately from Latin pēs ‘foot’. Impede [17] goes back to Latin impedīre, a compound verb… …
20impeach — To accuse; to charge a liability upon; to sue. To dispute, disparage, deny, or contradict; as, to impeach a judgment or decree, or impeach a witness; or as used in the rule that a jury cannot impeach their verdict . To proceed against a public… …
