impeach

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

im·peach [impeach impeaches impeached impeaching] BrE [ɪmˈpiːtʃ] NAmE [ɪmˈpiːtʃ] verb
1. ~ sb (for sth) (of a court or other official body, especially in the US)to charge an important public figure with a serious crime
2. ~ sth (formal)to raise doubts about sth
Syn: ↑question
•to impeach sb's motives
Derived Word: ↑impeachment
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
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.

Culture:
In the US impeachment is the procedure by which a public official, including the President, is charged with acting illegally and may be forced to leave the job. President Richard Nixon resigned after the House Judiciary Committee recommended that he should be impeached for the crime of ↑Watergate. Only two presidents have been officially impeached. The first was Andrew Johnson in 1868, who remained as President because the US Senate decided by one vote that he should do so. The second was Bill Clinton in 1999, who was then judged not guilty of acting illegally.

Example Bank:
•The President was impeached by Congress for lying.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  accuse, incriminate, criminate