Impeachment Inquiry. Hunts for an Offense. high crimes or misdemeanors

 

House Approves Biden Impeachment Inquiry as G.O.P. Hunts for an Offense

Republicans pushed forward with a formal investigation even though a yearlong scrutiny of President Biden turned up no evidence of high crimes or misdemeanors.

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"I did come to feel that we probably don’t need to worry too much about these alt-Right guys hi-jacking Classics if they make such a mess of it. We just need to keep on pointing out the howlers."

The Latin Right – Mary Beard

Rule number one is always, don’t quote Latin if you don’t know it!

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"Mr. Big, the dung beetle, for instance, regularly patrols his tunnel to check on Mrs. Big, and if he catches her in flagrante delicto, he throws the interloper out."

Richard Conniff; Close Encounters of the Sneaky Kind; Smithsonian (Washington, DC); Jul 2003.

The charge of high crimes and misdemeanors covers allegations of misconduct by officials. Offenses by officials also include ordinary crimes, but perhaps with different standards of proof and punishment than for non-officials, on the grounds that more is expected of officials by their oaths of office.

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offence

See definition in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Line breaks: of|fence

Pronunciation: /əˈfɛns/

(US offense)

Definition of offence in English:

noun

1A breach of a law or rule; an illegal act:the new offence of obtaining property by deception

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1.1A thing that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right or natural:the outcome is an offence to basic justice

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2[MASS NOUN] Annoyance or resentment brought about by a perceived insult to or disregard for oneself:he made it clear he’d taken offenceI didn’t intend to give offence

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3[MASS NOUN] The action of attacking someone or something:[AS MODIFIER]: reductions in strategic offence arsenals

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3.1(offense)ˈɒfɛns North American The attacking team or players in a sport, especially in American football:he is a wide receiver, playing on offense

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