impeachable

impeachable
/im pee"cheuh beuhl/, adj.
1. making one subject to impeachment, as misconduct in office.
2. liable to be impeached.
[1495-1505; IMPEACH + -ABLE]

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  • impeachable — index blameful, blameworthy, reprehensible, unjustifiable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • impeachable — (adj.) c.1500, from IMPEACH (Cf. impeach) + ABLE (Cf. able). Related: impeachably; impeachability …   Etymology dictionary

  • impeachable — impeach UK US /ɪmˈpiːtʃ/ verb [T] LAW, GOVERNMENT ► especially in the US, to formally accuse a public official of a serious offence in connection with their job: »He was suspended and later impeached amid a $60 million financial scandal.… …   Financial and business terms

  • impeachable — adj. Impeachable is used with these nouns: ↑offence …   Collocations dictionary

  • impeachable — impeach ► VERB 1) call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice). 2) Brit. charge with treason or another crime against the state. 3) chiefly US charge (the holder of a public office) with misconduct. DERIVATIVES impeachable… …   English terms dictionary

  • impeachable — chəbəl adjective 1. : capable of being impeached : chargeable with misconduct, inadequacy, or other fault which might lead to being impeached 2. : capable of being used as the charge in an impeachment an impeachable offense …   Useful english dictionary

  • impeachable — adjective see impeach I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • impeachable — adjective a) Able to be impeached (of a person). b) That warrants impeachment (of an offence) …   Wiktionary

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