Impeachment vs Crimination - What's the difference?
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The act of impeaching a public official, either elected or appointed, before a tribunal charged with determining the facts of the matter
the state of being impeached
a demonstration in a court of law, or before another finder of fact, that a witness was ingenuine before, and therefore, is less likely to tell the truth now
(obsolete) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction.
* Shakespeare
An accusation of wrongdoing, a recrimination
* 1837, William Hickling Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella
Impeachment is a related term of crimination.
As nouns the difference between impeachment and crimination
is that impeachment is the act of impeaching a public official, either elected or appointed, before a tribunal charged with determining the facts of the matter while crimination is an accusation of wrongdoing, a recrimination.impeachment
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Alternative forms
* empeachment (obsolete)Noun
(wikipedia impeachment) (en noun)- Willing to march on to Calais, / Without impeachment .
See also
* (wikipedia "impeachment")crimination
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(en noun)- ... and when the ambassadors, after a fruitless attempt at negotiation, which evaporated in mutual crimination and recrimination, set out on their return to Aragon, they were twice detained, ...