as in law
control of an area by military forces rather than by the police
The government has declared martial law throughout the city to stop the riots. an area placed under martial law
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Recent Examples of martial law
Yoon, who was impeached for declaring martial law in December, was removed from office last month, triggering a snap election that will be held June 3.
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Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Lee, the candidate of the liberal Democratic Party that controls parliament, leads opinion polls to win a snap presidential election set off by the ouster of conservative former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law.
—Reuters, NBC news, 1 May 2025
There’s no real climax to this episode, necessarily; most of the craziness happens in the middle, and the final act is more about establishing the dark new reality for people living under martial law in Fisk’s New York.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
Yoon, a former top prosecutor, now stands a criminal trial on rebellion charges connection with his martial law decree.
—Time, 24 Apr. 2025
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Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Lee, the candidate of the liberal Democratic Party that controls parliament, leads opinion polls to win a snap presidential election set off by the ouster of conservative former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law.
—Reuters, NBC news, 1 May 2025
There’s no real climax to this episode, necessarily; most of the craziness happens in the middle, and the final act is more about establishing the dark new reality for people living under martial law in Fisk’s New York.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
Yoon, a former top prosecutor, now stands a criminal trial on rebellion charges connection with his martial law decree.
—Time, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for martial law
Noun
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Earlier this month, Attorney General Todd Rokita sent a letter to the University of Notre Dame claiming its DEI policies may violate state and federal law.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 May 2025
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But Connecticut’s clean slate law does not apply to out-of-state convictions.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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Attorneys for immigrant rights groups and five pregnant mothers who sued to protect birthright citizenship said Trump's order violates the plain text of the Constitution, common law history, Supreme Court precedent and more than a century of consistent practice.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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That language comes from the Restatement (Second) of Trusts (1959), which isn’t common law.—
Marie Sapirie,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Officers with the Israeli National Police, including members of an explosive ordinance disposal team, were called to the scene in order to render the Molotov cocktails safe, prosecutors said.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2025
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Both ordinances were introduced at the council’s Tuesday meeting.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Flood defended the legislation as necessary to avoid a tax increase at the end of the year, when the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expires, and the changes to Medicaid as reasonable reforms that will help protect benefits for deserving recipients in the long term.—
Riley Beggin,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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That’s essentially what many Democrat colleagues want to happen in this legislation.—
Amy DeLaura,
The Washington Examiner,
29 May 2025
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The constitution of the baseball had become a paramount topic in the sport as home runs kept flying out of stadiums all October.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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This lamentable record is spurring calls to amend the constitution from the current single five-year term to two terms, as well as perhaps holding parliamentary elections at the same time as presidential to avoid the executive and legislature being constantly at odds with each other.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
29 May 2025
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“Martial law.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/martial%20law. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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