impeach
verb (used with object)
to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.
have impeached
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present perfectof impeach.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But she also said Gosnell’s interview would have been relevant to the initial trial because his statements might have impeached Connolly’s closing arguments.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2023
“We have ended the military dictatorship, and we have impeached a president,” he said.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2022
“I have impeached myself,” Nixon would say later.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2019
But this was beside the matter, and the Serjeant need not have impeached her accuracy.
From Bardell v. Pickwick by Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald
You must have heard, the commons have impeached him, And we have proofs sufficient for his ruin.
From The Earl of Essex by Henry Festing Jones
