impeach
verb (used with object)
to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.
are impeaching
-
present progressiveof impeach.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
You are impeaching even the unhappy monarch whom you profess to defend.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various
Hodson rose and put a hand upon the girl's arm; "do you realise that you are doing a dreadful thing—that you are impeaching Captain Barlow's honour as a soldier?"
From Caste by William Alexander Fraser
