impeach
IPA: ɪmpˈitʃ
verb
- To hinder, impede, or prevent.
- To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
- To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
- (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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Examples of "impeach" in Sentences
- The public opposes impeachment.
- It has the power to impeach the president.
- It has the power to impeach the chief judge.
- I am the author of the new section on impeachment.
- If the executive overreaches, congress may impeach.
- The Senate has the sole power to impeach the president.
- To JaneMarsee: Do you even know what the word impeach means?
- Congress could impeach the president for jaywalking if it wanted to.
- If this keeps up the word impeach will soon be heard across the land.
- The point of resignation was to escape the humiliation of impeachment.
- In court, the impeachment of an eyewitness affects the whole testimony.
- Impeachment is the act of charging with a crime, not the outcome of the trial.
- Most people don't know the meaning of the word impeach, nor the difference between impeachment,
- The only downside is that it would require at least 16 GOP votes in the Senate to impeach, which is not there yet.
- The most important reason to impeach is to open up hearings -- hearings that Bush is not allowed to claim presidential privilege to block subpoenas.
- The most important reason to impeach is to open up hearings -- hearings that Bush is not allowed to claim presidential privilege to block subpoenas. '
- So when Speaker Pelosi tells the cowards in her House that "impeachment is off the table" because the fight to impeach is too hard, Kucinich doesn't believe her.
- They are clearly using the word impeach in order to show their frustration with the president, which they are entitled to do so under the constitution, just like you are entitled to say they are idiot.