court-martialv.
colloquial.
transitive. To try by court martial.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > try or hear cause [verb (transitive)] > try by court martial
court-martial1859
1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 61 He would..have been court-martialled and cashiered for the very first offence.
1865 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 5/6 He desired to court-martial General Lee and others.
1889 Times 4 Apr. 5/1 The possibility of his [Gen. Boulanger's] being arrested, court-martialled, and shot was also spoken of.
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