impeachment

  • 51impeachment — im|peach|ment [ ım pitʃmənt ] noun count or uncount the process of formally accusing a public official of committing a serious crime relating to their job …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 52impeachment — im peach·ment || ɪm pɪːtʃmÉ™nt n. act of bringing formal charges of misconduct against an individual; act of challenging the integrity of a witness; accusation; casting of doubt upon …

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  • 53impeachment — im·peach·ment …

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  • 54impeachment — See: impeach …

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  • 55impeachment — im•peach•ment [[t]ɪmˈpitʃ mənt[/t]] n. 1) law the act of impeaching; condition of being impeached 2) gov (in the U.S. Congress or a state legislature) the presentation of charges against a public official by the lower house, with trial to be… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 56impeachment — /ɪmˈpitʃmənt/ (say im peechmuhnt) noun 1. the act of impeaching. 2. US (in Congress, or a state legislature) the presentation of formal charges against a public official by the lower house, as a preliminary to a trial before the upper house …

  • 57impeachment — The act of discrediting a person or a thing. Calling the integrity or ability of a person into question. The imputation of fault or of defective performance, particularly that of a public officer. Shanks v Julian, 213 Ky 291, 303, 280 SW 1081,… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 58impeachment — noun a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office • Derivationally related forms: ↑impeach • Hypernyms: ↑legal document, ↑legal instrument, ↑official document, ↑instrument …

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  • 59Articles of impeachment — Impeachment Im*peach ment, n. [Cf. F. emp[^e]chement.] The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached; as: (a) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Willing to march on to Calais, Without impeachment. Shak. (b) A… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 60impeachment nostalgia — noun post 9/11 longing for less threatening, and more superficial news …

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