Definition of "impeach" in İngilizce

verb

1. To hinder, impede, or prevent.

2. To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.

   • President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1998, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office.

3. To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.

4. (law) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.