verb🔗ShareTo hinder, impede, or prevent."The fallen tree branch impeached our progress on the hiking trail. "lawgovernmentpoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo bring a legal proceeding against a public official."President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1999, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office."politicsgovernmentlawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question."The politician was impeached for accepting illegal campaign donations. "politicsgovernmentlawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition."The lawyer impeached the witness by showing the jury that her statement in court about seeing a red car contradicted her earlier deposition where she said the car was blue. "lawpoliticsgovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
