to impeach

Examples

• All

• Next week, there will be a vote to impeach.

  Death of a Nation (2018)

• Some of them have said they're going to impeach President Biden.

• But that is exactly what Congress is going to do when they impeach the president.

  Fiction book (1990)

• To ask for their vote to impeach the President of the United States.

  Blog text (8)

• A two-thirds vote of Congress can impeach any president.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Why did you vote to impeach Donald Trump, your party's president?

• Congress can still impeach you for high crimes and misdemeanors.

  Meet Kevin

• Today's vote is historic because for the first time a president has been impeached twice.

• William Jefferson Clinton is the second president to be impeached, but not convicted.

  Academic text (2001)

• Since the founding of the Republic in 1776, no President has been impeached and convicted so far.

  Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

A

to accuse

vsto impeach

∞ 2.7

Say that someone did something wrong or illegal

is used only for public officials and formal government procedures

C

to charge

vsto impeach

• Formal

933 4.2

Officially accuse someone of a crime

is used only for public officials, not for private individuals

I

to indict

vsto impeach

• Formal

237 8.0

To officially accuse someone of a serious crime in court

is used only for public officials rather than general criminal charges

C

to criminate

vsto impeach

• Archaic

9.9

To say someone committed a crime, for example in court

is used only for public officials rather than ordinary people

Antonyms

E

to exonerate

• Formal

129 8.2

To say officially that someone is not guilty of a crime

How Serious

to convict

• Formal

921 4.0

to indict

• Formal

237 8.0

to impeach

• Formal

189 8.0

to charge

• Formal

933 4.2

to accuse

∞ 2.7

to allege

• Literature

497 5.3

to suggest

∞ 2.1

Surface Forms

Etymology