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—impeachability, n./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 — Im*peach a*ble, a. That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime. [1913 Webster] Owners of lands in fee simple are not impeachable for waste. Z. Swift. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
impeachable — [im pēch′ə bəl] adj. 1. liable to be impeached 2. making one liable to be impeached [an impeachable act] impeachability n … English World dictionary
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
