court-mar·tial
ˈkȯrt-ˌmär-shəl 
-ˈmär-
plural courts-martial also court-martials
1
: a court consisting of commissioned officers and in some instances enlisted personnel for the trial of members of the armed forces or others within its jurisdiction
2
: a trial by court-martial
court-martialed also court-martialled; court-martialing also court-martialling
ˈkȯrt-ˌmär-sh(ə-)liŋ
-ˈmär-
: to subject to trial by court-martial
Examples of court-martial in a Sentence
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Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 26 June 2024
An individual who decides to exercise her own judgment and refuse an order on the grounds of illegality should expect to be arrested and face a court-martial.
—Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2018
Military hearing officer deciding whether to recommend court-martial for Pentagon leaker
Could better inhalers help patients, and the planet?
—Hartford Courant, 14 May 2024
German courts-martial executed some 25,000 German soldiers.
—Peter Hoffmann, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2014
Rosario worked out the deal with military prosecutors April 2 during a general court-martial, leaving one charge remaining: the breach of restriction allegation, which was referred to the special court-martial Tuesday, the corps said.
—Bill Feather, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
ProPublica was successful in getting the Navy to release hundreds of pages of court-martial documents in the Mays case.
—Megan Rose, ProPublica, 3 Apr. 2024
Manning was convicted at a court-martial of espionage and other charges in 2013 for leaking secret military files to WikiLeaks.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
Special prosecutors Barbara Whaley and Alex Garcia informed the jury that Calvin Phillips was killed because he was soon scheduled to testify in Martin’s military court-martial trial.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
Noun
Some of these patriotic Americans were subject to court-martial, and have carried the burden of this great injustice for decades.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 26 June 2024
An individual who decides to exercise her own judgment and refuse an order on the grounds of illegality should expect to be arrested and face a court-martial.
—Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2018
Military hearing officer deciding whether to recommend court-martial for Pentagon leaker
Could better inhalers help patients, and the planet?
—Hartford Courant, 14 May 2024
German courts-martial executed some 25,000 German soldiers.
—Peter Hoffmann, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2014
Rosario worked out the deal with military prosecutors April 2 during a general court-martial, leaving one charge remaining: the breach of restriction allegation, which was referred to the special court-martial Tuesday, the corps said.
—Bill Feather, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
ProPublica was successful in getting the Navy to release hundreds of pages of court-martial documents in the Mays case.
—Megan Rose, ProPublica, 3 Apr. 2024
Manning was convicted at a court-martial of espionage and other charges in 2013 for leaking secret military files to WikiLeaks.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
Special prosecutors Barbara Whaley and Alex Garcia informed the jury that Calvin Phillips was killed because he was soon scheduled to testify in Martin’s military court-martial trial.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
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