Indict vs. Impeach

Indictverb

To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.

Indictverb

(legal) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.

Indictverb

To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.

Indictverb

To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce.

Indictverb

To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to bring an indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach.

Indictverb

accuse formally of a crime

Impeachverb

To hinder, impede, or prevent.

Impeachverb

To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.

Impeachverb

To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.

Impeachverb

(legal) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.

Impeachverb

To hinder; to impede; to prevent.

Impeachverb

To charge with a crime or misdemeanor; to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgment of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment.

Impeachverb

Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question; as, to impeach one's motives or conduct.

Impeachverb

To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.

Impeachnoun

Hindrance; impeachment.

Impeachverb

challenge the honesty or credibility of; as of witnesses

Impeachverb

charge with an offense or misdemeanor;

Impeachverb

charge with a crime or misdemeanor

Impeachverb

bring an accusation against; level a charge against;