impeach

Meaning

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.

Concepts

impeach

accuse

charge

blame

denounce

criminate

incriminate

indict

prosecute

blame on the other

implicate

allege

condemn

criticize

inform against

arraign

decry

impute

inculpate

reproach

contend

oppugn

denunciation

impeachment

dump

throw away

remove from office

play

rebound

agitate

censure

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ/

Etymology

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”).