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adjective

Definition of impeachednext
as in accused

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impeached

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verb

past tense of impeach
1
as in indicted
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 challenged
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 Synonyms for impeached
  1. accused
  2. challenged
  3. indicted
  4. questioned
  5. prosecuted
  6. disputed
  7. contested
  8. culpable
Verb
  • Mangione, 26, is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan on December 4.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Mangione's supporters have flocked to social media, posting videos admiring the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate for the crime he has been accused of and even his looks.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of accused
Verb
  • Tom Allen’s defense completely rattled the Mustangs and now they’ll be challenged with stopping a Broncos team that ranks fourth in the FBS in scoring offense.
    Jayna Bardahl, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Texas Top Cop Shop is only one of several cases that have challenged the CTA pending before courts around the country.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of challenged
Verb
  • Rich had fled to Switzerland in 1983 after he was indicted on more than 50 counts of fraud and evading more than $48 million in taxes.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Four people have been indicted in connection with the fire.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of indicted
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  • Comer questioned O’Malley’s motives and how the move would serve the public.
    Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The billionaire media mogul and filmmaker is pushing back against those who have questioned his lack of a writers room.
    Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of questioned
Verb
  • Biden issued proclamations in October 2022 and December 2023 to pardon people for marijuana possession, even if they hadn’t been charged or prosecuted for the offenses yet.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • There were other charges filed against Strickland as a result of the April crash, but only the vehicular homicide by intoxication charge was prosecuted as part of the plea.
    Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of prosecuted
Verb
  • Some informal soccer even took place, now an iconic image of the bonhomie (although whether any games actually got going is disputed).
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Walmart disputed the agency’s allegations.
    Kristian Burt, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of disputed
Verb
  • While the format of the 2025 tournament hasn’t been announced, what is clear is at least the later stages will be contested as a midweek event while league play continues during weekends.
    Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The authenticity of the work, however, not uncommon for such objects, has been widely contested.
    Francesca Aton for ArtNews, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of contested
Adjective
  • Individual errors were culpable for three, arguably all four goals.
    Mark Critchley, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The parents were both sentenced to 10-15 years in prison last month after separate juries determined that the parents were culpable for ignoring troubling warning signs their son exhibited ahead of the shootings and buying him a gun instead of getting him help.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 20 May 2024
Definition of culpable
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