Definitions of impeach [ɪmˈpitʃ]

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Definition of 'impeach'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) impeach
to accuse (a public official) of misconduct in office by bringing charges before an appropriate tribunal.

2.  impeach
to challenge the credibility of:
to impeach a witness.

3.  impeach
to bring an accusation against.

4.  impeach
to cast an imputation upon:
to impeach a person's motives.

5.  impeach
to remove (a public official) from office for misconduct.

6. (n.) impeach
Obs. impeachment.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME empechen, enpeshen to impede, accuse < AF empecher < LL impedicāre to fetter, trap = L im-im -¹+-pedicāre, v. der. of pedica fetter, der. of pēsfoot)

Definition of 'impeach'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) impeach
challenge the honesty or veracity of
"the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses"

2. (verb) impeach
charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office
"The President was impeached"

3. (verb) accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate
bring an accusation against; level a charge against
"The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse"

Definition of 'impeach'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) impeach
hindrance; impeachment

2. (verb) impeach
to hinder; to impede; to prevent

3. (verb) impeach
to charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment

4. (verb) impeach
hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct

5. (verb) impeach
to challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper

Translation of 'impeach'

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: beskuldig, aankla	Arabic: يَتَّهِم شَخْصِيَّة رسميّ	Bulgarian: поставям под съмнение
Brazilian: impugnar	Czech: obvinit ze zločinu	German: (wegen Hochverrat) anklag
Danish: stille for rigsret	Greek: κατηγορώ κπ. για αδίκημα	Spanish: acusar; procesar
Estonian: süüdistama	Farsi: به دادگاه کشاندن؛ استیضاح	Finnish: nostaa syyte
French: mettre en accusation (en	Hebrew: לְהַתְחִיל בְּהֲלִיך הַדָ	Hindi: महाभियोग लगाना
Croatian: okriviti, optužiti	Hungarian: felelősségre von	Indonesian: mendakwa
Icelandic: ákæra; kæra fyrir embætti	Italian: incriminare	Japanese: 弾劾する
Korean: (공무원을) 탄핵하다	Lithuanian: apkaltinti nusikaltimu va	Latvian: apsūdzēt (noziegumā pret
Malay: mendakwa	Dutch: beschuldigen	Norwegian: anklage (for høyforræderi
Polish: postawić w stan oskarżeni	Persian: به دادگاه کشاندن؛ استیضاح	Pashto: مخه نيول، تورول، پوښتنه ځ
Portuguese: impugnar	Romanian: a pune sub acuzare (în ve	Russian: обвинять (государственное
Slovak: obviniť (zo zločinu), obž	Slovenian: obtožiti zlorabe položaja	Serbian: optužiti
Swedish: anklaga	Thai: กล่าวโทษเนื่องจากประพฤติต	Turkish: suçlamak
Taiwanese: 檢舉	Ukrainian: висувати обвинувачення у	Urdu: ریاست کے خلاف جرم کا الزا
Vietnamese: buộc tội	Chinese: 控告，检举
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