impeach

verbB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

impeaches

V_ing/Gerund

impeaching

V_ed/pp

impeachedempeach

1.
To hinder, impede, or prevent.
2.
To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1998, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office.
3.
To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
4.
(law) 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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Cùng gốc / liên quan

disimpeachimpeachableimpeacherimpeachyimpeachment unimpeached

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English empechen, borrowed from empecher, from Old French empeechier (to hinder), from Latin impedicāre (to fetter). Cognate with empêcher.