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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

All nine men will face court-martial, the spokesman said.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 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

His fellow soldiers vehemently disagreed, and Lorance was eventually sentenced to 20 years in prison by a court-martial.

From Slate Oct. 28, 2024

The last court-martial was that of José Raquel Moncada.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

From The Guardian Mar. 4, 2016

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

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

If we analyze the court-martial records, we find that the proportion of court-martials was distinctly lowest in this group.

From Some War-time Lessons The Soldier's Standards of Conduct; The War As a Practical Test of American Scholarship; What Have We Learned? by Frederick P. (Frederick Paul) Keppel

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

From Slate Dec. 3, 2025

VanLandingham said one of the most significant changes in December was Congress' decision to require that courts-martial jurors — known as panel members — be selected at random, like a civilian jury.

From Salon Feb. 14, 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

After all, perhaps the proceedings of courts-martial were less bad than these legal masquerades.

From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield

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

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

Jenkins was court-martialed, dishonorably discharged and served a brief sentence — during which he claimed he was intensely debriefed by U.S. intelligence officials.

From Washington Times Jul. 19, 2023

She’d thought in rapid succession: I shouldn’t leave base, I don’t know what I’m doing, it’s probably illegal, I’ll be court-martialed, and so forth.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

He said that two army personnel were being court-martialled over the incident and while the case was still in progress, the military had redeployed them and relieved them of their command.

From BBC Dec. 2, 2024

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

Although the Swedes are routed, the prince is court-martialled for disobeying orders and sentenced to death.

From The Guardian Jul. 27, 2010

Twenty-one Americans refused to return to the United States; forty announced that they had become Communists; and fourteen were court-martialled, and eleven of those were convicted.

From The New Yorker Sep. 8, 2003

Changed "court-martialled" to "court-martialed" on page 245: "court-martialed by Division court."

From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jenkins Lloyd Jones

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

Pentagon officials initially dismissed the idea of court-martialing Sergeant Bergdahl, saying five years in captivity was punishment enough.

From New York Times Jun. 3, 2014

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

“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 Dennis Collins

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've struck the originality all right," he admitted, "but, Lord, the time that will be wasted court-martialling you fellows!

From The Man from the Clouds by J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston

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 George Manville Fenn

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 John W. Arthur

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

From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Russell Doubleday




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