impeach

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American Heritage Dictionary (3 definitions)

    –verb-transitive
  1. To make an accusation against.
  2. To charge (a public official) with improper conduct in office before a proper tribunal.
  3. To challenge the validity of; try to discredit: impeach a witness's credibility.

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/(ĭm-pēchˈ)/
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  1. 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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