impeachable

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Recent Examples of impeachable But the reality [is] Trump does an impeachable offense every week. Niall Stanage, The Hill, 20 May 2026 And there was explicit conversation among founders about how violations of the Emoluments Clause constitute impeachable offenses. Nik Popli, Time, 10 Apr. 2026 Trump’s threats, Murphy said Tuesday morning, constitute the promise of war crimes, are an impeachable offense and violate human morality. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026 In December, Ramirez sent a letter to the House Judiciary Committee requesting an investigation into Noem’s potentially impeachable offenses. Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026 Impeachment is a serious step that should be preceded by a thorough investigation of an impeachable offense. David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impeachable
Adjective
  • Yet all the evidence amounted to little in the way of serious indictable crimes.
    James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • He is charged with theft over $5,000, two counts of possession of property obtained by crime and conspiracy to commit an indictable offense.
    Josh Margolin, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • If a jury accepts the defense, it is obligated to convict a defendant of manslaughter, which is punishable by up to 25 years in prison, instead of murder, which carries a potential life sentence.
    Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Violating that law is punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 18 June 2026
Adjective
  • As Hinkley’s family and fiancée mourn the loss of a young man who still had his entire future ahead of him, prosecutors emphasized the scrutiny applied when criminal allegations involve an on-duty law enforcement officer.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
  • Foketi was arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, criminal threats, false imprisonment and misdemeanor domestic violence.
    Brandon Downs, CBS News, 21 June 2026
Adjective
  • Domestic terrorism itself is not a chargeable offense.
    Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • Seeking help can mean inviting the state into one’s home in ways that may bring new harms, including the removal of children or criminalization of a partner whose behavior has not yet risen to the level of a chargeable offense.
    Earl Smith, Time, 5 May 2026
Adjective
  • Was fatal boat crash just an accident — or was Pino reckless?
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
  • Emma D’Arcy imbues Rhaenyra’s every line with a breathless giddiness that conveys the character’s reckless naivete.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 June 2026
Adjective
  • This tragedy serves as a powerful reminder that no family should have to bury a child because of someone’s thoughtless and irresponsible choices.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
  • Skeptics of foreign aid often characterize it as irresponsible charity for other countries.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026
Adjective
  • The filing, submitted in the San Diego County Superior Court, seeks a judge’s order to condemn and destroy the embargoed kratom products, halt ongoing unlawful manufacturing and impose civil penalties.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the court's opinion that unlawful drug use alone cannot be grounds to seek to send someone to prison and potentially force them to give up firearms for life.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 18 June 2026
Adjective
  • Louisville police say anything that goes into the air or explodes is illegal for average citizens.
    James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2017
  • Official fireworks shows took place over the city, and illegal pyrotechnics lit up the sky everywhere in between.
    Lisa Beebe, Los Angeles Magazine, 5 July 2017

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“Impeachable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impeachable. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.

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