1. To dismiss or to remove someone from a position of responsibility; usually, for doing something wrong: Bert's neighbor was cashiered from the army for disobeying orders.

When a person is cashiered, he or she is laid off, fired, or discharged from a job or profession in disgrace or for doing something unacceptable at his place of employment.

The verb cashier has nothing to do with the noun "cashier"; however, it doesn't mean that a "cashier" can't be cashiered.

2. Etymology: from Latin cassare, "to annul"; from cassus, "void, empty". © ALL rights are reserved.
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To reject, discharge, or to fire someone from an occupation; usually, for doing something that is unacceptable. (2)