also court-martial
( court martials, court martialling, court martialled)
Note: The spellings 'court martialing' and 'court martialed' are used in American English; 'courts martial' is also used as a plural form for the noun.
1.
A court martial is a trial in a military court of a member of the armed forces who is charged with breaking a military law.
He is due to face a court-martial on drugs charges...
He was arrested, tried by court martial and shot.
N-VAR
2.
If a member of the armed forces is court martialled , he or she is tried in a military court.
I was court-martialled and sentenced to six months in a military prison.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed