noun.
Hindrance; impeachment.
transitive verb.
To hinder; to impede; to prevent.
transitive verb.
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. See Impeachment.
transitive verb.
Hence, to charge with impropriety; to dishonor; to bring discredit on; to call in question.
transitive verb.
To challenge or discredit the credibility of, as of a witness, or the validity of, as of commercial paper.