impeachment

noun

Definition of impeachmentnext
as in arraignment

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Recent Examples of impeachment In July 2025, the National Museum of American History removed references to Trump from an exhibit on presidential impeachment but later restored them, though with some slight changes to the text. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 July 2026 Sara Duterte, vice president of the Philippines, has appeared in court to face impeachment proceedings in a trial that has brought long-standing political tensions to a head. — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 9 July 2026 Federal judges hold lifetime appointments under Article III of the Constitution and can be removed only through impeachment by the House and conviction by the Senate. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 7 July 2026 In addition to being accused of adultery by his estranged wife, Paxton, a staunch MAGA ally, has faced felony securities fraud charges, an FBI investigation into corruption and state impeachment hearings that ended in an acquittal. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026 Joseph Estrada; the four articles of impeachment concern bribery, corruption, violation of public trust, and violation of the constitution. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026 Tom Gaumont, 74, an Army veteran and former history teacher, remembered the 1976 bicentennial as a more hopeful time, despite the aftershocks of President Richard Nixon's resignation under threat of impeachment. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 But with Trump returning to office and previous Democratic attempts to rein in his power through impeachment falling flat, the kind of Trump accountability messages pushed by the incumbents didn’t stick among constituents. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 July 2026 Dershowitz served as a member of the president's legal team during the Senate trial, and made remarks about the constitutional standards for impeachment on the Senate floor. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impeachment
  1. arraignment
  2. condemnation
  3. censure
  4. denunciation
Noun
  • The driver, 23-year-old Leonard Bacon of Lowell, pleaded not guilty to assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury at his arraignment Monday in East Boston District Court.
    — Louisa Moller, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • Vick was set for an arraignment Monday after being arrested by Memphis Police Department officers on Saturday.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
Definition of arraignment
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  • The government’s unprecedented move this week sparked condemnations across the political and legal spectrum, sounding the alarm that Israel was becoming a country whose executive no longer felt bound by the rule of law.
    — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2026
  • With no end in sight to the fighting after one year of bloodshed, the IOC reiterates its condemnation of the war in Ukraine, which is a blatant violation of the Olympic Truce that was in effect at the time, and the Olympic Charter.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026
Definition of condemnation
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  • After the censure on Monday, Hulsey again tried to exclude the city administrator from council business when the governing body went into executive session.
    — Rachel Royster July 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026
  • The escalation should start with a warning from the chair, followed by a motion of the board of censure (asking the owner to quiet down), followed by a motion to eject the offending owner from the meeting.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026
Definition of censure
Noun
  • His denunciation so incensed far-right Israelis that a number of activists were detained while protesting his son’s bar mitzvah in Jerusalem the next year, Emanuel recalled.
    — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • Three words The lengthiest denunciation of Tyndale’s translation came from More, the English humanist who was King Henry VIII’s leading political official.
    — Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
Definition of denunciation

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