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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impeach.wav [Southern-England] Forms: impeaches [present, singular, third-person], impeaching [participle, present], impeached [participle, past], impeached [past]
Rhymes: -iːtʃ Etymology: From Middle English empechen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman empecher, from Old French empeechier (“to hinder”), from Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”). Cognate with French empêcher (“to prevent”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|empechen}} Middle English empechen, {{der|en|xno|empecher}} Anglo-Norman empecher, {{der|en|fro|empeechier|t=to hinder}} Old French empeechier (“to hinder”), {{der|en|la|impedicō|impedicāre|to fetter}} Latin impedicāre (“to fetter”), {{cog|fr|empêcher|t=to prevent}} French empêcher (“to prevent”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} impeach (third-person singular simple present impeaches, present participle impeaching, simple past and past participle impeached)
  1. To hinder, impede, or prevent. Translations (to hinder): препятствам (prepjatstvam) (Bulgarian), забавям (zabavjam) (Bulgarian), 阻礙 (Chinese Mandarin), 阻碍 (zǔ'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), 阻止 (zǔzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), estää (Finnish), empêcher (French), entraver (French), verhindern (German), 阻止する (soshi suru) (alt: そしする) (Japanese), 遅滞させる (chitai saseru) (alt: ちたいさせる) (Japanese), 妨害する (bōgai suru) (alt: ぼうがいする) (Japanese), 妨げる (samatageru) (alt: さまたげる) (Japanese), күрмеу (kürmeu) (Kazakh), препя́тствовать (prepjátstvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), меша́ть (mešátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), mani olmak (Turkish), önlemek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-impeach-en-verb-W~l2q0f9 Disambiguation of 'to hinder': 100 0 0 0
  2. To bring a legal proceeding against a public official. Translations (to bring legal proceeding against public official): абвінава́чваць (abvinaváčvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), абвінава́ціць (abvinavácicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), обвинявам (obvinjavam) (Bulgarian), 彈劾 (Chinese Mandarin), 弹劾 (tánhé) (Chinese Mandarin), akuzi (Esperanto), syyttää virkarikoksesta (Finnish), nostaa virkasyyte (Finnish), anklagen (German), התחיל תהליך הדחה (hitkhíl tahalíkh hadakhá) [masculine] (Hebrew), kæra (Icelandic), 弾劾する (dangai suru) (alt: だんがいする) (Japanese), импичмент жариялау (impiçment jariälau) (Kazakh), 탄핵 (tanhaek) (Korean), impedir (Portuguese), impugnar (Portuguese), impichar [Brazil] (Portuguese), обвиня́ть (obvinjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), предъявля́ть обвине́ние (predʺjavljátʹ obvinénije) [imperfective] (Russian), itham etmek (Turkish), suçlamak (Turkish), luận tội (Vietnamese), đàn hặc (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-impeach-en-verb-waPcgNHF Disambiguation of 'to bring legal proceeding against public official': 1 95 2 2
  3. To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question. Translations (to charge with impropriety): дискредитирам (diskreditiram) (Bulgarian), 控告 (kònggào) (Chinese Mandarin), 質疑 (Chinese Mandarin), 质疑 (zhìyí) (Chinese Mandarin), akuzi (Esperanto), kyseenalaistaa (Finnish), discréditer (French), in Verruf bringen (German), schlechtmachen (German), 疑う (utagau) (alt: うたがう) (Japanese), обвиня́ть (obvinjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), осужда́ть (osuždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), gièm pha (Vietnamese), nói xấu (Vietnamese), bôi nhọ (Vietnamese), chê trách (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-impeach-en-verb-1DxX-U4T Disambiguation of 'to charge with impropriety': 0 0 99 0
  4. (law) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition. Categories (topical): Law Translations (to demonstrate a contradiction): die Glaubwürdigkeit anzweifeln (German)
    Sense id: en-impeach-en-verb-s8YhluWJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 3 32 48 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'to demonstrate a contradiction': 5 5 14 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: empeach [obsolete] Derived forms: impeachment

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          "word": "обвинявам"
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          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "word": "彈劾"
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          "roman": "tánhé",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "word": "弹劾"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "word": "akuzi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "word": "syyttää virkarikoksesta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "word": "nostaa virkasyyte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "word": "anklagen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hitkhíl tahalíkh hadakhá",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "התחיל תהליך הדחה"
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          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "word": "kæra"
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          "alt": "だんがいする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dangai suru",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "word": "弾劾する"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "impiçment jariälau",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "word": "импичмент жариялау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "tanhaek",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "word": "탄핵"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "word": "impedir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "word": "impugnar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "tags": [
            "Brazil"
          ],
          "word": "impichar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obvinjátʹ",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "обвиня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predʺjavljátʹ obvinénije",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "предъявля́ть обвине́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "word": "itham etmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "word": "suçlamak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "word": "luận tội"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 2 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
          "word": "đàn hặc"
        }
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        "To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question."
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          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "diskreditiram",
          "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
          "word": "дискредитирам"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kònggào",
          "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
          "word": "控告"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
          "word": "質疑"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhìyí",
          "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
          "word": "质疑"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
          "word": "akuzi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
          "word": "kyseenalaistaa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
          "word": "discréditer"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
          "word": "in Verruf bringen"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
          "word": "schlechtmachen"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "alt": "うたがう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "utagau",
          "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
          "word": "疑う"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "obvinjátʹ",
          "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "обвиня́ть"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "osuždátʹ",
          "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "осужда́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
          "word": "gièm pha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
          "word": "nói xấu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
          "word": "bôi nhọ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
          "word": "chê trách"
        }
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        "To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition."
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        "(law) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 5 14 75",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to demonstrate a contradiction",
          "word": "die Glaubwürdigkeit anzweifeln"
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    }
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}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/iːtʃ",
    "Rhymes:English/iːtʃ/2 syllables"
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    }
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "impeaching",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued",
          "text": "These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land.",
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        }
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        {
          "text": "President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1998, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office."
        }
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        "To bring a legal proceeding against a public official."
      ],
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        "To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question."
      ],
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          "discredit",
          "discredit"
        ]
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      "categories": [
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        "To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition."
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          "law#English"
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        "(law) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition."
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      "ipa": "/ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-iːtʃ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "empeach"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prepjatstvam",
      "sense": "to hinder",
      "word": "препятствам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zabavjam",
      "sense": "to hinder",
      "word": "забавям"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to hinder",
      "word": "阻礙"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǔ'ài",
      "sense": "to hinder",
      "word": "阻碍"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǔzhǐ",
      "sense": "to hinder",
      "word": "阻止"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to hinder",
      "word": "estää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to hinder",
      "word": "empêcher"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to hinder",
      "word": "entraver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to hinder",
      "word": "verhindern"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そしする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "soshi suru",
      "sense": "to hinder",
      "word": "阻止する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちたいさせる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chitai saseru",
      "sense": "to hinder",
      "word": "遅滞させる"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぼうがいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bōgai suru",
      "sense": "to hinder",
      "word": "妨害する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さまたげる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "samatageru",
      "sense": "to hinder",
      "word": "妨げる"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kürmeu",
      "sense": "to hinder",
      "word": "күрмеу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prepjátstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "to hinder",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "препя́тствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mešátʹ",
      "sense": "to hinder",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "меша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to hinder",
      "word": "mani olmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to hinder",
      "word": "önlemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "abvinaváčvacʹ",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "абвінава́чваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "abvinavácicʹ",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "абвінава́ціць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obvinjavam",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "word": "обвинявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "word": "彈劾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tánhé",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "word": "弹劾"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "word": "akuzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "word": "syyttää virkarikoksesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "word": "nostaa virkasyyte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "word": "anklagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hitkhíl tahalíkh hadakhá",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "התחיל תהליך הדחה"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "word": "kæra"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だんがいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dangai suru",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "word": "弾劾する"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "impiçment jariälau",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "word": "импичмент жариялау"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tanhaek",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "word": "탄핵"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "word": "impedir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "word": "impugnar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "impichar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obvinjátʹ",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обвиня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predʺjavljátʹ obvinénije",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "предъявля́ть обвине́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "word": "itham etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "word": "suçlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "word": "luận tội"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to bring legal proceeding against public official",
      "word": "đàn hặc"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "diskreditiram",
      "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
      "word": "дискредитирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kònggào",
      "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
      "word": "控告"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
      "word": "質疑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhìyí",
      "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
      "word": "质疑"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
      "word": "akuzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
      "word": "kyseenalaistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
      "word": "discréditer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
      "word": "in Verruf bringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
      "word": "schlechtmachen"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うたがう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "utagau",
      "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
      "word": "疑う"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obvinjátʹ",
      "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обвиня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osuždátʹ",
      "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "осужда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
      "word": "gièm pha"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
      "word": "nói xấu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
      "word": "bôi nhọ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to charge with impropriety",
      "word": "chê trách"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to demonstrate a contradiction",
      "word": "die Glaubwürdigkeit anzweifeln"
    }
  ],
  "word": "impeach"
}

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