Crossword clues for impeaching
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impeach \Im*peach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeached; p. pr. & vb. n. Impeaching.] [OE. empeechier to prevent, hinder, bar, F. emp[^e]cher, L. impedicare to entangle; pref. im- in + pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and Appeach, Dispatch, Impede.]
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To hinder; to impede; to prevent. [Obs.]
These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land.
--Sir J. Davies.A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance.
--Howell. 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 judgment of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment.
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Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct.
And doth impeach the freedom of the state.
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(Law) To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.
Note: When used in law with reference to a witness, the term signifies, to discredit, to show or prove unreliable or unworthy of belief; when used in reference to the credit of witness, the term denotes, to impair, to lessen, to disparage, to destroy. The credit of a witness may be impeached by showing that he has made statements out of court contradictory to what he swears at the trial, or by showing that his reputation for veracity is bad, etc.
Syn: To accuse; arraign; censure; criminate; indict; impair; disparage; discredit. See Accuse.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of impeach English)
Usage examples of "impeaching".
The ad hominem fallacy consists of attempting to refute an argument by impeaching the character of its proponent.
Until the Galileo affair he had been a private secretary to the pope, a prestigious position, but the limited amount of damage Borja had been able to do had included impeaching the man away from direct papal service.
For example, in the Watergate case, the House Judiciary Committee voted against impeaching President Nixon for alleged income tax evasion because it had nothing to do with his performance in office.