impeach

mettre en accusation

Accuser officiellement un dirigeant public de fautes graves dans une procédure pouvant mener à sa destitution.

En anglais simple : To officially accuse a public leader of serious wrongdoing through a process that may lead to removal.

• Congress voted to impeach the president.
• The governor was impeached over allegations of corruption.
• Can lawmakers impeach an official who has already resigned?

Comment l'utiliser : impeach someone for something (Parliament voted to impeach the minister for corruption.)

Expressions courantes : impeach a president, impeach an official, impeach someone for something, impeach a judge

entraver, empêcher

Empêcher quelque chose de se produire ou en rendre le progrès difficile.

En anglais simple : To stop something from happening or make its progress difficult.

• The delay may impeach our progress.
• In the old text, bad weather impeached their efforts.
• Such obstacles could impeach the success of the plan.

Synonymes : hinder, impede, obstruct

Contraires : help

Expressions courantes : impeach progress, impeach someone’s efforts, impeach a plan