impeachment
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- noun
- /ɪmˈpiːtʃmənt/
- Formal
- That call served as the basis for the House impeachment of then President Trump.
- impeachment trial
- articles of impeachment
- impeachment proceedings
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Watch on YouTubeThat call served as the basis for the House impeachment of then President Trump.
- That call served as the basis for the House impeachment of then President Trump.
- That's going to be one of the impeachment committees.
- There was a motion to dismiss the impeachment trial entirely and not hold the trial.
- Now Pelosi keeps saying, well, it's too soon to to start impeachment proceedings.
- I dare say that if this were a Democratic leader, he would be leading the charge for impeachment.
- They couldn't be kicked out except for impeachment offenses.
- He was one of the lawyers Trump to use for his impeachment trial, right?
- Because much like the toilet paper, impeachment will follow Trump wherever he goes.
- Trump 's Trump's impeachment is really heating up.
- His behavior, for one thing, just kept driving them toward impeachment, his enactments.
- People will not stand for impeachment, Stone continued.
- I hope there are nonstop impeachment proceedings for these absolute conman criminals.
Examples
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Faced with impeachment and conviction, Nixon chose to resign.
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We shall exhibit our articles of impeachment and make them good.
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In fact, all day, they wanted everyone to know that this impeachment made them very, very sad.
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No, this is the impeachment of Donald Trump.
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I was against the Clinton impeachment.
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"Look, Starr played a huge role in the impeachment of the president of the United States.
Academic text (2000) -
Indeed, the December 1998 bombing began on the very day of his scheduled impeachment by the House of Representatives.
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That's grounds for impeachment right there.
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President Nixon, himself a lawyer, resigned the presidency to avoid impeachment.
Academic text (2017) -
The committee voted to proceed with the impeachment of the local mayor due to allegations of corruption.
Synonyms
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A formal charge of a crime or a strong statement that criticizes someone
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An accusation that someone committed a crime
How Serious
- Formal
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4.3
- Formal
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- Formal
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7.9
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- Literature
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Impeachment comes from an old idea with the root ped meaning 'foot', giving the image of someone tripped or caught by the foot. So, impeachment is a formal accusation meant to stop or remove a public official from office.