impeachable

[ im-pee-chuh-buh l ]

/ ɪmˈpi tʃə bəl /

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adjective

making one subject to impeachment, as misconduct in office.

liable to be impeached.

Nearby words

impatience, impatiens, impatient, impawn, impeach, impeachable, impeachment, impearl, impeccable, impeccant, impecunious

Origin of impeachable

First recorded in 1495–1505; impeach + -able

Related forms

im·peach·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·im·peach·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·im·peach·a·ble, adjective

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Examples from the Web for impeachable

The impeachable crime is admitted but the guilt runs too deep to die so easily.
Three Dicks: Cheney, Nixon, Richard III and the Art of Reputation Rehab|Clive Irving|July 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A broad bipartisan House Judiciary Committee majority found his sins to rise to the level of impeachable offenses.
The Taxonomy of Scandals: Is Obama Nearing a Breaking Point?|Lloyd Green|May 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Sending a young woman a lewd photo is not an impeachable offense, but it is monumentally bad judgment.
Anthony Weiner's Junk Defense|Howard Kurtz|June 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But has Judge Bybee committed an impeachable offense by signing off on these memos?
Should the Judge Who Wrote the Torture Memos Be Impeached?|John W. Dean|April 21, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Treason and bribery, specifically named in the Constitution as impeachable offenses, were also indictable.
The Life of John Marshall Volume 3 of 4|Albert J. Beveridge
The same act committed with a criminal motive would be impeachable, which without it would be of a nature not to admit of it.
Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. II (of 16)|Thomas Hart Benton
Subversive of the rights of defence, which belong to an accused and impeachable officer.
Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2)|Thomas Hart Benton
The managers of the impeachment were far from consistent in their conception of the nature of impeachable offenses.
Union and Democracy|Allen Johnson
The President of the United States is impeachable at any time during his continuance in office.
The Federalist Papers|Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison

British Dictionary definitions for impeachable

impeachable

/ (ɪmˈpiːtʃəbəl) /

adjective

capable of being impeached or accused

(of an offence) making a person liable to impeachment

Derived Forms

impeachability, noun

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