impeachment

English

Alternative forms

• empeachment (obsolete)

Etymology

impeach +‎ -ment

Noun

Wikipedia impeachment (plural impeachments)

1. The act of impeaching a public official, either elected or appointed, before a tribunal charged with determining the facts of the matter
2. the state of being impeached
3. a demonstration, in a court of law, or before other finder of fact, that a witness was ingenious before and therefore is less likely to tell the truth now

Translations

the act of impeaching a public official

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 彈劾 (cmn), 弹劾 (cmn) (tánhé)

• Finnish: virkasyyte (fi)
• French: impeachment (fr) m

• German: Amtsenthebung (de) f, Amtsenthebungsverfahren (de) n
• Japanese: 弾劾 (ja) (だんがい, dangai)
• Russian: импичмент (ru) (impíčment) m

Related terms

• impeachability

See also

• Impeachment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia