impeach

Betekenis

  1. To hinder, impede, or prevent.
  2. To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
  3. To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
  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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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ/
Etymologie

From Middle English empechen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman empecher, from Old French empeechier (“to hinder”), from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”). Cognate with French empêcher (“to prevent”).

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