Dictionary Entry
impeach
impeach is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To hinder; to impede; to prevent. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To hinder; to impede; to prevent.
- 2transitive verb
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 judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment.
- 3transitive verb
Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct.
- 4transitive verb
To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.
- 5noun
Hindrance; impeachment.
- 6verb
bring an accusation against; level a charge against
"The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse"
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- 7verb
charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office
"The President was impeached"
- 8verb
challenge the honesty or veracity of
"the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses"
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