impeach

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verb

1. challenge the honesty or veracity of
- the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses
• Hypernyms:
challenge
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office
- The President was impeached
• Derivationally related forms:
impeachment
• Hypernyms:
charge, lodge, file
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. bring an accusation against;
level a charge against
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
• Syn:
accuse, incriminate, criminate
• Derivationally related forms:
criminative (for: criminate), criminatory (for: criminate), crime (for: criminate), incrimination (for: incriminate), crime (for: incriminate), accusive (for: accuse), accusative (for: accuse), accusatory (for: accuse), accusation (for: accuse), accuser (for: accuse), accusal (for: accuse)
• Hypernyms:
charge, accuse
• Hyponyms:
reproach, upbraid, arraign, recriminate, charge,
lodge, file
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody of something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  accuse, incriminate, criminate