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Court-martial

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Noun

1. court-martial

a military court to try members of the armed services who are accused of serious breaches of martial law

2. court-martial

a trial that is conducted by a military court

Verb

3. court-martial

subject to trial by court-martial

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Court-martial

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nounWord forms: plural court martials or courts martial
1. 
a military court that tries persons subject to military law
verb court-martial, -tials, -tialling, -tialled or US -tials, -tialing or -tialed
2. (transitive)
to try (a person) by court martial
verbWord forms: court-martials, court-martialling, court-martialledWord forms: US court-martials, court-martialing or court-martialed (transitive)
military
to try (a person) by court martial
I was court-martialled and sentenced to six months in a military prison.

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Court-martial

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nounWord forms: plural ˈcourts-ˌmartial or ˈcourt-ˌmartials
1. 
a court of personnel in the armed forces for the trial of persons accused of breaking military law
see also summary court-martial, special court-martial, general court-martial
2. 
a trial by a court-martial
3. 
a conviction by a court-martial
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈcourt-ˌmartialed or ˈcourt-ˌmartialled, ˈcourt-ˌmartialing or ˈcourt-ˌmartialling
4. 
to try by a court-martial
5. 
to convict by a court-martial

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Court-martial

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n. pl. courts-mar·tial (kôrts-)
1. A military or naval court of officers appointed by a commander to try persons for offenses under military law.
2. A trial by such a military tribunal.
tr.v. court-mar·tialed, court-mar·tial·ing, court-mar·tials also court-mar·tialled or court-mar·tial·ling
To try by military tribunal.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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