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court-martial

[kawrt-mahr-shuhl, -mahr-, kohrt-] / ˈkɔrtˌmɑr ʃəl, -ˈmɑr-, ˈkoʊrt- /
NOUN
military tribunal
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In 2021, a court-martial dismissed Villamide for negligence and sentenced other officers to up to 45 days in jail for concealing information.

From Barron's Mar. 3, 2026

If an order is legally ambiguous, a service member will only find out whether it was lawful to disobey at a court-martial, where a military judge decides.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 27, 2025

The Pentagon said on Monday that further action may be taken against Kelly, including a recall to active duty for court-martial or administrative measures.

From BBC Nov. 24, 2025

I was one of a only a handful of human rights attorneys to attend her court-martial and sentencing.

From Salon Apr. 21, 2025

“I should have given him a court-martial after he loused up that Ferrara mission and went around twice.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

The secretary general called for on-site court-martials of alleged perpetrators and DNA testing to identify them.

From The Guardian Mar. 4, 2016

The Philippine military said that Gudani and Balutan will also face court-martials.

From Time Magazine Archive

The authorities called for court-martials but quieted down when it was learned that the whole frontier was in cahoots with the Black Boys.

From Time Magazine Archive

Xissley, told me that I had been more expense to the Army, due to court-martials, etc., than I could ever repay, even though I should serve the Army 30 -ears.

From Time Magazine Archive

And before the war, together with this, court-martials had been introduced.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav

But they are the ones who will face courts-martial and federal indictments if they cross the line.

From Slate Dec. 3, 2025

"So I would say that the compromise was, 'Hey, we have an administrative way to get rid of people who don't want to be here without really being overwhelmed with courts-martial.'"

From Salon Apr. 11, 2023

Commanders, Speier added, would have “no meaningful role” in convening the courts-martial — and would be subject to discipline themselves if they don’t heed the special prosecutor’s charging decisions.

From Washington Post Dec. 4, 2021

The administration established a new organization to run the trials — the Office of Military Commissions, which created a court system whose rules are a hybrid of military courts-martial and federal civilian courts.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2021

I've attended scores of courts-martial, but I never heard of any thing like it.

From The Village Notary by E?tv?s, J?zsef

Because Mauldin himself was a soldier, Patton could have him court-martialed and put in jail.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

Third, retired officers can be court-martialed for sedition.

From Slate Jan. 13, 2026

As a result Robinson was court-martialed but later acquitted, then served as a coach for Army athletics until receiving an honorable discharge.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2025

David Christopher Noble, 48, a former US Air Force officer who was previously court-martialed and dismissed from the military, and Nicole Devilbiss, 35.

From BBC Apr. 3, 2024

Disobeying an order meant Kelley could be court-martialed: tried before a military court, and sentenced if found guilty.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

Frémont’s fate was ironic: having accepted the primacy of the Navy, he refused to take orders from the Army general who arrived later, and he was court-martialled on his return to D.C.

From The New Yorker Jan. 20, 2020

An army doctor examined him and declared him fit in both mind and body and, on 14 February 1916, he was court-martialled for desertion.

From The Guardian Jun. 29, 2014

Another senior officer would be court-martialled in absentia for deserting his position and fleeing a battle, the government said.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2014

Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning directly to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday at a hearing to determine whether Manning will be court-martialled in the biggest leak of classified documents in American history.

From Reuters Dec. 20, 2011

“But–why, hombre, I haven’t seen the old skinflint since–since he and I both were court-martialled by Lopez!”

From The Missourian by Lyle, Eugene P. (Eugene Percy)

The service also has considered court-martialing skippers, only to ultimately decide that was not warranted.

From Washington Post Jan. 17, 2018

Amerine believes the Army is bent on court-martialing him once the Criminal Investigation Command finishes its probe.

From Washington Times Jun. 14, 2015

In 2012, the Indian Supreme Court ruled that the army could choose between court-martialing the soldiers or allowing them to be prosecuted in civilian courts.

From New York Times Jan. 26, 2014

The perils came home again more recently, when sharp comments he made about court-martialing members of the military accused of sexual assault provided ammunition to defense lawyers, who called that improper interference.

From New York Times Jul. 16, 2013

“Well,” said I, “you will raise the deuce court-martialing me, when there is only five or six members of the Company who can read or write and they are all on my side.”

From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Collins, Dennis

There had been calls for the removal, even the court-martialling, of the general concerned, but the army had defended the latter and he had been allowed to complete the campaign.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

They have a pretty habit of court-martialling naval officers when they risk their ship unnecessarily.

From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Doubleday, Russell

There would probably be some court-martialling of their patrols.

From The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918 by Arthur, John W.

But I say I am ashamed of you to go private court-martialling your own father in that way, and find such fault with him for helping you to get off!”

From Real Gold A Story of Adventure by Fenn, George Manville

The rest of the year was uneventful, except for the court-martialling of Lee and his duel with Laurens, who challenged him for his defamation of Washington.

From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn




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