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Word: Impeach
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘hinder, prevent’; earlier as empeche): from Old French empecher ‘impede’, from late Latin impedicare ‘catch, entangle’ (based on pedica ‘a fetter’, from pes, ped- ‘foot’). Compare with impede
ɪmˈpiːtʃ
(especially in the US) charge (the holder of a public office) with misconduct
Short Definition:charge holder of public office with misconduct
Examples:- the governor served only one year before being impeached and convicted for fiscal fraud
call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice)
Short Definition:call into question integrity or validity of
Examples:- there is no desire to impeach the privileges of the House of Commons
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