1
as in to accuse
to make a claim of wrongdoing against
the company's president has been impeached by the Securities and Exchange Commission
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2
as in to challenge
to demand proof of the truth or rightness of
questionable methodology that should cause us to impeach the findings of this survey on obesity
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Recent Examples of impeach
In law, the tactic of claiming an accuser is unreliable or untrustworthy is known as impeaching the witness.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Centerstage in Scott’s release is a recorded interview with a jailhouse informant that could have been used to impeach the testimony of a key witness.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
In the vote to impeach, Republicans overwhelmingly joined with Democrats in a 121-23 vote.
—Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Someone should be impeaching this Laporta clown.
—Pol Ballus, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Centerstage in Scott’s release is a recorded interview with a jailhouse informant that could have been used to impeach the testimony of a key witness.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
In the vote to impeach, Republicans overwhelmingly joined with Democrats in a 121-23 vote.
—Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Someone should be impeaching this Laporta clown.
—Pol Ballus, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impeach
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The United States has imposed sanctions on eight North Korean individuals and two entities, accusing them of laundering funds from cybercrime and fraud and channeling them into the North’s nuclear weapons program.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Agents with Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin's office last week arrested two Helena-West Helena residents, one of them an employee with the state Department of Corrections, accused of working together to defraud the state's Medicaid program, a Tuesday news release from Griffin's office states.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Nov. 2025
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The rise of autocratic Russia and China has challenged this global order.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Kimberly-Clark has been attempting to challenge the dominance of consumer goliath Procter & Gamble, whose business spans all drugstore aisles, including cold and digestion medicines.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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Rozier was investigated by the NBA in 2023 over the same allegations for which he has now been indicted, as part of the inquiry which led to the lifetime ban of Toronto Raptors center Jontay Porter.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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In 1920, eight members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted by a Chicago grand jury for fixing the 1919 World Series.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Sarah Moore, executive director of the Arkansas Justice Reform Coalition, questioned the legality of using American Rescue Plan Act funds for the project.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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Naysayers on both sides attack, question Newsom's effectiveness Newsom's White House ambitions remain just that, for now.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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So, for me, that was the creation of the Anti-American Speech Committee, which is a government panel essentially designed to prosecute artists for holding views or creating work that resists basically the fascist state that has overtaken the American government.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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He was almost prosecuted for counterfeiting.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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Jim Trusty, Rozier’s attorney, strongly disputed the accusations, saying that prosecutors characterized Rozier as a subject of their investigation and not a target.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Others dispute that, saying a quick resumption of diplomacy isn’t still likely given how much has changed since 2019 — both the size of North Korea’s nuclear program and its foreign policy leverage.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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In November 2026, 33 seats will be contested, 20 of which are currently held by Republicans and 13 by Democrats.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Queens went 6-for-30 (20%) from deep and Winthrop wasn’t much better at 8-for-25 (32%), which meant most of the game was contested the old-fashioned way, via drives and rebounding and tough defense.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Impeach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impeach. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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