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impeach

VT กล่าวโทษ เนื่องจาก ประพฤติตน ไม่เหมาะสม กับ ตำแหน่งหน้าที่ charge klao-thod-nueang-jak-pra-prued-ton-mai-mor-som-kab-tam-naeng-na-ti

impeach

VT ฟ้องร้อง (ทางกฎหมาย charge fong-rong

impeach for

PHRV กล่าวโทษ (ผู้บริหารระดับสูง กล่าวหา ฟ้องร้อง krwa-tod

impeachable

ADJ ี่ ที่ สามารถ ฟ้องร้อง ได้ ที่ สามารถ ดำเนินคดี ได้ ti-mai-sa-mad-fong-dai

impeachment

N การ กล่าวโทษ เจ้าหน้าที่ รัฐ ว่า ทำ ผิดศีลธรรม หรือ จรรยาบรร ณ การฟ้องร้อง kan-klao-thod-jao-na-ti-rad-wa-tam-pid-sin-la-tam-rue-jan-ya-ban

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPEACH

v.t.[L. pango, pactus.] 1. To hinder; to impede. This sense is found in our early writers.
These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land.
A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance.
[This application of the word is obsolete. ]
2. To accuse; to charge with a crime or misdemeanor; but appropriately, to exhibit charges of maladministration against a public officer before a competent tribunal, that is, to send or put on, to load. The word is now restricted to accusations made by authority; as, to impeach a judge. [See Impeachment. ]
3. To accuse; to censure; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct.
4. To call to account; to charge as answerable.

IMPEACH

IMPEACHABLE

a.Liable to accusation; chargeable with a crime; accusable; censurable. 1. Liable to be called in question; accountable.
Owners of lands in fee simple are not impeachable for waste.

IMPEACHED

pp. Hindered. 1. Accused; charged with a crime, misdemeanor or wrong; censured.
The first donee in tail may commit waste, without being impeached.

IMPEACHER

n.An accuser by authority; one who calls in question.

IMPEACHING

ppr. Hindering. 1. Accusing by authority; calling in question the purity or rectitude of conduct or motives.

IMPEACHMENT

n.Hinderance; impediment; stop; obstruction. 1. An accusation or charge brought against a public officer for maladministration in his office. In Great Britain, it is the privilege or right of the house of commons to impeach, and the right of the house of lords to try and determine impeachments. In the U. States, it is the right of the house of representatives to impeach, and of the senate to try and determine impeachments. In Great Britain, the house of peers, and in the U. States, the senate of the U. States, and the senates in the several states, are the high courts of impeachment.
2. The act of impeaching.
3. Censure; accusation; a calling in question the purity of motives or the rectitude of conduct, etc. This declaration is no impeachment of his motives or of his judgment.
4. The act of calling to account, as for waste.
5. The state of being liable to account, as for waste.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPEACH

Im *peach ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeached; p. pr. & vb. n.Impeaching. ] Etym: [OE. empeechier to prevent, hinder, bar, F. empêcher, L. impedicare to entangle; pref. im- in + pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and Appeach, Dispatch, Impede. ]

1. To hinder; to impede; to prevent. [Obs. ] These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land. Sir J. Davies. A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance. Howell.

2. To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer ), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment.

3. Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct. And doth impeach the freedom of the state. Shak.

4. (Law )

Defn: To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.

Note: When used in law with reference to a witness, the term signifies, to discredit, to show or prove unreliable or unworthy of belief; when used in reference to the credit of witness, the term denotes, to impair, to lessen, to disparage, to destroy. The credit of a witness may be impeached by showing that he has made statements out of court contradictory to what he swears at the trial, or by showing that his reputation for veracity is bad, etc.

Syn. -- To accuse; arraign; censure; criminate; indict; impair; disparage; discredit. See Accuse.

IMPEACH

IMPEACH Im *peach ", n.

Defn: Hindrance; impeachment. [Obs. ]

IMPEACHABLE

IMPEACHABLE Im *peach "a *ble, a.

Defn: That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime. Owners of lands in fee simple are not impeachable for waste. Z. Swift.

IMPEACHER

IMPEACHER Im *peach "er, n.

Defn: One who impeaches.

IMPEACHMENT

Im *peach "ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. empêchement. ]

Defn: The act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached; as: (a ) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. [Obs. ] Willing to march on to Calais, Without impeachment. Shak.

(b ) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration. The consequence of Coriolanus' impeachment had like to have been fatal to their state. Swift.

(c ) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc. ; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives. Shak.

Note: In England, it is the privilege or right of the House of Commons to impeach, and the right of the House of Lords to try and determine impeachments. In the United States, it is the right of the House of Representatives to impeach, and of the Senate to try and determine impeachments. Articles of impeachment. See under Article. -- Impeachment of waste (Law ), restraint from, or accountability for, injury; also, a suit for damages for injury. Abbott.

New American Oxford Dictionary

impeach

im peach |imˈpēCH ɪmˈpitʃ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice ): there is no basis to Searle's motion to impeach the verdict. • charge (the holder of a public office ) with misconduct: the governor served only one year before being impeached and convicted for fiscal fraud. • Brit. charge with treason or another crime against the state. DERIVATIVES im peach a ble adjective, im peach ment noun ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the sense ‘hinder, prevent ’; earlier as empeche ): from Old French empecher ‘impede, ’ from late Latin impedicare ‘catch, entangle ’ (based on pedica ‘a fetter, ’ from pes, ped- ‘foot ’). Compare with impede .

Oxford Dictionary

impeach

im |peach |ɪmˈpiːtʃ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice ): there is no desire to impeach the privileges of the House of Commons. • Brit. charge (someone ) with treason or another crime against the state. • chiefly US charge (the holder of a public office ) with misconduct. DERIVATIVES impeachable adjective, impeachment noun ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the sense ‘hinder, prevent ’; earlier as empeche ): from Old French empecher ‘impede ’, from late Latin impedicare ‘catch, entangle ’ (based on pedica ‘a fetter ’, from pes, ped- ‘foot ’). Compare with impede .

American Oxford Thesaurus

impeach

impeach verb 1 congressional moves to impeach the president: indict, charge, accuse, lay charges against, arraign, take to court, put on trial, prosecute. 2 the headlines impeached their clean image: challenge, question, disparage, criticize, call into question, raise doubts about, cast aspersions on. ANTONYMS confirm.

Oxford Thesaurus

impeach

impeach verb 1 N. Amer. congressional moves to impeach the president: indict, charge, accuse, bring a charge against, bring a case against, lay charges against, prefer charges against, arraign, take to court, put on trial, bring to trial, prosecute; informal have the law on. ANTONYMS acquit. 2 the headlines did much to impeach their clean image: challenge, question, call into question, cast doubt on, raise doubts about. ANTONYMS confirm.

Duden Dictionary

Impeachment

Im peach ment Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ɪmˈpiːtʃmənt |das Impeachment; Genitiv: des Impeachment [s ], Plural: die Impeachments englisch impeachment, zu: to impeach = anklagen < französisch empêcher = (ver )hindern < spätlateinisch impedicare = fangen (in den USA vom Repräsentantenhaus veranlasstes ) gegen einen hohen Staatsbeamten gerichtetes Verfahren, das eine Anklage wegen Missbrauchs des Amtes mit dem Antrag auf Amtsenthebung ermöglichen soll

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

impeach

im peach /ɪmpíːtʃ /動詞他動詞｟かたく｠1 «…のことで » …を責める ; ｟主に英｠【国家に対する罪などで】…を告発する «of , with » ; ｟主に米｠ «…の罪で » 〈公務員〉を弾劾する, 告発する «for , of , with » ▸ impeach A of [with ] a crime [corruption ]A 〈人〉を罪を犯したかどで責める [汚職で告発する ]2 〈人格公明さ確実性など〉を疑う, 問題にする .～a ble 形容詞〈罪などが〉告発 [弾劾, 非難 ]されるべき .

impeachment

im p é ach ment 名詞 U C 弾劾, 告発 ; 非難 ▸ the Impeachment Court 弾劾裁判所 .