impeach
[ im-peech ]
/ ɪmˈpitʃ /
verb (used with object)
to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.
Chiefly Law.
to challenge the credibility of: to impeach a witness.
to bring an accusation against.
to call in question; cast an imputation upon: to impeach a person's motives.
to call to account.
noun
Obsolete.
impeachment.
Origin of impeach
OTHER WORDS FROM impeach
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British Dictionary definitions for impeach
impeach
/ (ɪmˈpiːtʃ) /
verb (tr)
criminal law
to bring a charge or accusation against
British criminal law
to accuse of a crime, esp of treason or some other offence against the state
mainly US
to charge (a public official) with an offence committed in office
to challenge or question (a person's honesty, integrity, etc)
Derived forms of impeach
impeacher, nounWord Origin for impeach
C14: from Old French
empeechier, from Late Latin
impedicāre to entangle, catch, from Latin
im- (in) +
pedica a fetter, from
pēs foot