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
Trump’s call for the judge to be impeached earned him a rare, and public, rebuke from Chief Justice John Roberts, who stood firm against the notion of the impeachment of judges over judicial differences.
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Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 23 Mar. 2025
Congressional action would be needed to impeach a judge.
—Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025
The recent calls to impeach federal judges increased earlier this week when Mr. Trump posted on social media that a U.S. district judge overseeing his administration's efforts to deport Venezuelan migrants suspected of being gang members should be impeached.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2025
Long shots, but harmful ones Only 15 federal judges have been impeached in U.S. history.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
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Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 23 Mar. 2025
Congressional action would be needed to impeach a judge.
—Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025
The recent calls to impeach federal judges increased earlier this week when Mr. Trump posted on social media that a U.S. district judge overseeing his administration's efforts to deport Venezuelan migrants suspected of being gang members should be impeached.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2025
Long shots, but harmful ones Only 15 federal judges have been impeached in U.S. history.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impeach
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The dispute began with a lawsuit by Venezuelans who said they were wrongly accused and on the verge of being deported and sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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Pérez was accused of commingling the traffickers’ profits with legitimate revenue from ticket and refreshment sales.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Spoelstra unsuccessfully challenged that second Adebayo foul, left without a challenge the balance of the night.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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Our stories are sharp, fearless, and unafraid to challenge convention.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2025
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Trump and 18 co-defendants were indicted in Fulton County in August 2023.—
Charlotte Kramon,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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On May 10, 2022, Nathan was criminally indicted in the murder of his mother, Linda.—
Audrey Karnan,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Legal experts are questioning the authority of the Trump administration to pause the federal funding.—
Selina Wang,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2025
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A number of filmmakers and institutions are questioning the legality of NEH grant cancellations, pointing out that the funding was originally authorized by Congress.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2025
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Ragan’s lead defense attorney Tony Moss and the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, which is prosecuting the case, declined comment.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2025
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But the investigation had stalled and wasn't prosecuted at the time.—
Jonathan Vigliotti,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2025
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The system was reportedly designed to reject an outsized number of legitimate claims, relying on the fact that many people wouldn’t dispute them.—
Ann Kowal Smith,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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What cannot be disputed, however, is that the Padres have invested and continue to invest in their team at a level that is well beyond what not long ago was unthinkable in San Diego and is still seen as unfeasible in several places like it.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Impeach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impeach. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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