noun
proxy punishment
A legal concept where a country punishes an offender on behalf of another country, typically when the perpetrator has fled to the punishing country's jurisdiction. Rare outside legal contexts.
代理処罰は、国際刑事法の分野で議論されることがある。
Proxy punishment is sometimes discussed in the field of international criminal law.
Compound of 代理 (proxy) and 処罰 (punishment). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term appears in modern legal contexts.