impeach

Significado (English)

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.

Synonyms

accuse

charge

blame

denounce

criminate

incriminate

indict

prosecute

decry

denunciation

dump

impeachment

implicate

impute

inculpate

oppugn

play

rebound

reproach

throw away

inform against

remove from office

blame on the other

agitate

allege

arraign

censure

condemn

contend

criticize

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglês médio: empechen

Cognate with francês: empêcher

In summary

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”).