To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
To hinder, impede, or prevent.
To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.
An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed.
Forgiveness for an offence.
To forgive (a person).
To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
To grant an official pardon for a crime.
Often used when someone does not understand what another person says.