verb · intransitive · rare

impeach

impeach · impeaches · impeached · impeaching

звинувачувати, звинуватити

обвинять, мешать, препятствовать, предъявлять обвинение

verhindern, anklagen, in Verruf bringen, die Glaubwürdigkeit anzweifeln

To hinder, impede, or preventTo hinder, impede, or prevent.

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UK/ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ/US/ɪmˈpit͡ʃ/

» Nixon resigned before he could be impeached.

Nixon trat zurück, bevor er angeklagt werden konnte.

Meaning

4 senses

To hinder, impede, or prevent.
verhindern
препя́тствоватьprepjátstvovatʹ, меша́тьmešátʹ
To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1998, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office.
anklagen
обвиня́тьobvinjátʹ, предъявля́ть обвине́ниеpredʺjavljátʹ obvinénije
bring an accusation against; level a charge against
To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
in Verruf bringen, schlechtmachen
обвиня́тьobvinjátʹ, осужда́тьosuždátʹ
To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.
die Glaubwürdigkeit anzweifeln

Examples

8 sentences

Nixon resigned before he could be impeached.
deNixon trat zurück, bevor er angeklagt werden konnte.
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Only one other president had ever been impeached.
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You guys in America can impeach your president too.
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I impeached his motives.
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It is war's prize to take all vantages, and ten to one is no impeach of valour.
deIm Krieg ist's Sitte, jeden Vorteil nutzen; zehn gegen eins setzt nicht den Mut herab.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

to hinder:

to bring legal proceeding against public official:

to charge with impropriety:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

to hinder:

to bring legal proceeding against public official:

to charge with impropriety:

to demonstrate a contradiction:

Origin

From Middle English empechen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman empecher, from Old French empeech

From Middle English empechen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman empecher, from Old French empeechier (“to hinder”), from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”). Cognate with French empêcher (“to prevent”).

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