impeach
- Refers to accusing someone, often a public official, of wrongdoing or criminal activity
- Involves questioning or criticizing something in a way that casts suspicion on its reliability or validity
- It's used when someone disagrees with a court decision due to alleged misbehavior by the court officials or jury during the process
- Refers to questioning the trustworthiness of a testimony or the person providing it in a legal proceeding
- The members of the opposition party signed a motion to impeach the governor on grounds of misuse of public funds.
- The scientist began to impeach the study, finding flaws in the method that brought its results into question.
- Their attorney decided to impeach the court’s decision, accusing the judge of bias.
- During the trial, the defense attorney attempted to impeach the police officer's testimony by questioning his memory of the events.
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