impeaching
Meaning of impeaching
- (especially in the US) charge (the holder of a public office) with misconduct.
- call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice).
there is no desire to impeach the privileges of the House of Commons
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘hinder, prevent’; earlier as empeche ): from Old French empecher ‘impede’, from late Latin impedicare ‘catch, entangle’ (based on pedica ‘a fetter’, from pes, ped- ‘foot’). Compare with impede.
Information about impeaching
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of impeaching
im-peach-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- impeaching is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
impeaching synonyms
Meaning formally accuse of or charge with a crime:
Meaning demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied:
Meaning charge (someone) with an offence or crime:
Meaning call or bring (someone) before a court to answer a criminal charge:
Meaning institute legal proceedings in respect of (a claim or offence):
Meaning dispute the truth or validity of:
Meaning ask (someone) questions, especially in an official context:
impeaching antonyms
Meaning free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty:
Meaning establish the truth or correctness of (something previously believed or suspected to be the case):
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