Court-Martial – Military court

To remember the definition of the word court-martial, use the following mnemonic:

Any soldier caught in the marsh shall (court-martial) face a military court, the general warned.

Examples of court-martial in a sentence

The army commanders recommended that he be tried by court-martial.

They'd court-martial me if I didn't go over the top to fight.

The court-martial found the captain carried no blame and was acquitted.