Someone asked me if I knew what impeach meant. Since I have never looked it up I am wondering. I did see what it did to Nixon to get him out of office because newsreporters and young people got tired of dying in Vietnam. I also saw what it did to our economy to impeach a president. I think this one if he is smart will listen to his people if they can figure out how to tell him what they believe is needed.
2007-01-08
16:21:13
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Meaning of impeach (verb)
to accuse (a public official) of wrongdoing; to cast discredit upon; to remove from office
http://www.english-test.net/toefl/vocabulary/meanings/016/toefl-words.php#impeach
2007-01-09
04:46:09 ·
update #1
So what does the word impeach really mean?
AA: "I pull out my dictionary definition. Does it say anything about removing?"
MAN/WOMAN: "No."
RS: No, it doesn't. Impeach, according to our American Heritage Dictionary, simply means "to charge with malfeasance in office before a proper tribunal."
http://proxy01.aitech.ac.jp/~itesls/voa/wm/wm001.html
2007-01-09
04:47:59 ·
update #2
Meaning of malfeasance (noun)
wrongdoing
Example of malfeasance
The authorities did not discover the campaign manager's malfeasance until after he had spent most of the money he had embezzled.
http://www.english-test.net/gre/vocabulary/meanings/089/gre-words.php#malfeasance
2007-01-09
04:49:24 ·
update #3