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Impeach

/ɪmˈpiːtʃ/

To hinder, impede, or prevent.

📖 Definitions of "Impeach"

verb
  1. 1

    To hinder, impede, or prevent.

  2. 2

    To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.

    "President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1999, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office."

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

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