0 past simple and past participle of cashier --
1 to officially dismiss (= remove from a job) a person from a military organization, especially making them lose their honour at the same time --
There is this difference between being discharged with ignominy and being cashiered.
Officers have been cashiered for dealing in arms.
To be cashiered means disgrace and ruin for life for him.
He can be cashiered; but that is not the same thing as being discharged with ignominy.
In the case of an officer, he is liable to be cashiered; and in the case of a non-commissioned officer, severe punishment is provided for.
He pleaded guilty and was cashiered and sentenced to three years' imprisonment.
But if he is cashiered, he has no court of appeal such as would be open to a civilian.
What happens to the officer who is cashiered?