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American Heritage Dictionary (3 definitions)
- To make an accusation against.
- To charge (a public official) with improper conduct in office before a proper tribunal.
- To challenge the validity of; try to discredit: impeach a witness's credibility.
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The most important reason to impeach is to open up hearings -- hearings that Bush is not allowed to claim presidential privilege to block subpoenas.
The most important reason to impeach is to open up hearings -- hearings that Bush is not allowed to claim presidential privilege to block subpoenas. '
Failure to impeach is complicity -- approval -- exoneration for the regime.
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Middle English empechen, to impede, accuse, from Anglo-Norman empecher, from Late Latin impedicāre, to entangle : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Latin pedica, fetter; see ped- in Indo-European roots.
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