From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcourt-martialˌcourt-ˈmartial1 / $ ˈ. ˌ../ noun SCLPM[countable, uncountable] a court that judges soldiers etc who may have broken military law, or an occasion when this judgment is made Navy commanders recommended that he be tried by court-martial.
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court-martial• Isiah Chestnut, has been discharged in lieu of a court-martial.• The outcome - a court-martial and a dishonourable discharge.• Risking a court-martial, he returned to Rangoon to join Chennault.• A court-martial could have brought a discharge and jail.• Corporal Spencer will be held in jail until his court-martial in 90 days.• The court-martial found Captain Faulknor carried no blame and was acquitted.court-martialcourt-martial2 verb (court-martialled, court-martialling British English, court-martialed, court-martialing American English) [transitive] SCLPMto hear and judge someone’s case in a military court The drill instructor was court-martialled for having sex with a trainee.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
court-martial• The Army decided against court-martialing him as a deserter.• They'd court-martial me, you know that? 