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court martial

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Definition of court martial

noun (plural courts martial or court martials)

  • a judicial court for trying members of the armed services accused of offences against military law: they appeared before a court martial [mass noun]:he was found guilty by court martial

verb

(court-martial) (court-martials, court-martialling, court-martialled; US court-martials, court-martialing, court-martialed) [with object]
  • try (someone) by a court martial:they were court-martialled and imprisoned

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Definition of court martial in the US English dictionary