IMPEACH

PRONUNCIATION: (im-PEECH)

MEANING: verb tr.:
1. To charge a public official with misconduct in office.
2. To challenge the credibility of someone.

ETYMOLOGY: From Anglo-Norman empecher (to ensnare), from Latin impedicare (to catch or entangle), from pedica (fetter), from pes/ped (foot). Earliest documented use: 1380.

NOTES: When someone is impeached, he has his foot caught in the law, literally speaking. From being on a pedestal (literally, foot of a stall) to getting impeached can be a short journey, but sometimes it takes a long time. Let the law do its job! Patience is rewarded.
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Caveat: To impeach is to accuse, not [necessarily] to convict. Innocent until proven guilty, and all that.
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WIMP EACH - not a spine to be found in the lot of 'em

I.M.PEI: ACH! - a Berliner's impatience at the Chinese-American architect

IMBEACH - to move far back up the sand, away from the breakers