noun
1. a military court to try members of the armed services who are accused of serious breaches of martial law
• Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine
• Hypernyms: ↑military court
• Hyponyms: ↑drumhead court-martial, ↑special court-martial
2. a trial that is conducted by a military court
• Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine, ↑military law
• Hypernyms: ↑trial
verb
subject to trial by court-martial
• Hypernyms: ↑judge, ↑adjudicate, ↑try
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
Useful english dictionary. 2012.