Definitions of Impeachment [ɪmˈpitʃ mənt]

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Definition of 'Impeachment'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) impeachment
the act of impeaching; condition of being impeached.

2. impeachment
(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.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < AF)

Definition of 'Impeachment'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) impeachment
a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office

Definition of 'Impeachment'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Impeachment
the act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached

2. (noun) Impeachment
hindrance; impediment; obstruction

3. (noun) Impeachment
a calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration

4. (noun) Impeachment
a calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives

Translation of 'Impeachment'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to accuse of a crime, especially to accuse a person who works for the government of a crime against the State.
Afrikaans: beskuldiging, aanklag	Arabic: مُحاكَمَة أو إتهام رئيس ا	Bulgarian: дискредитиране
Brazilian: impugnação	Czech: obvinění ze zločinu	German: die Anklage (wegen Hochve
Danish: rigsretssag	Greek: παραπομπή σε δίκη	Spanish: acusación; proceso
Estonian: ametialane süüdistus	Farsi: اعلام جرم؛ خلع مقام	Finnish: syyte
French: mise en accusation (en vu	Hebrew: הֲלִיך הַדָחָה	Hindi: महाभियोग
Croatian: optužba	Hungarian: vád alá helyezés	Indonesian: pendakwaan
Icelandic: ákæra, lögsókn	Italian: incriminazione	Japanese: 弾劾
Korean: 탄핵	Lithuanian: apkalta	Latvian: apsūdzība (noziegumā pret
Malay: pendakwaan	Dutch: beschuldiging	Norwegian: forræderisak, riksrett
Polish: postawienie w stan oskarż	Persian: اعلام جرم؛ خلع مقام	Pashto: اتهام
Portuguese: impugnação	Romanian: punere sub acuzare (în ve	Russian: импичмент
Slovak: obvinenie zo zločinu	Slovenian: javna obtožba	Serbian: optužba
Swedish: anklagelse	Thai: การฟ้องร้อง (ทางกฎหมาย)	Turkish: suçlama
Taiwanese: 檢舉	Ukrainian: імпічмент	Urdu: تعزیری کارروائی
Vietnamese: sự buộc tội	Chinese: 控告，检举
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