Impeach vs Indicted - What's the difference?
impeach | indicted |
To hinder, impede, or prevent.
* Sir J. Davies
* Howell
To bring a legal proceeding against a public official, asserting that because he or she committed some offense, he or she should be removed from office.
* President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1999, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office.
To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
(legal) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.
(indict)
To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
(legal) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.
As verbs the difference between impeach and indicted
is that impeach is to hinder, impede, or prevent while indicted is (indict).impeach
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Verb
(es)- These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land.
- A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance.
Derived terms
* impeachmentindicted
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Verb
(head)indict
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Verb
(en verb)- a book that indicts modern values
- his former manager was indicted for fraud
