Impeach v. t. : To hinder; to impede; to prevent.Impeach v. t. : To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment.Impeach v. t. : Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct.Impeach v. t. : To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.Impeach n. : Hindrance; impeachment.Example:Taxonomyimpeachment, President, office, Senate, Constitution, the House of Representatives, defendant, president impeached, United States, conviction, judge, impeachment proceedings, power, impeachment trial, Vice President, members of Congress, impeachment process, two-thirds majority.Defination from the web:... In 1995-1999, the Duma made several attempts to impeach then-President Boris Yeltsin, but they never had a sufficient amount of votes for the ...
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