noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
execution of a criminal; death penalty
Archaic and literary term for putting a criminal to death as punishment. Rarely used in modern Japanese; 死刑 (しけい) is the standard modern word.
古文書には、重罪人に対する誅戮の記録が残っている。
Ancient documents contain records of executions of serious criminals.
「誅戮」は現代ではほとんど使われず、歴史的な文脈でのみ見られる語だ。
The word 誅戮 is hardly used today and is only seen in historical contexts.