一いち罰ばつ百ひゃっ戒かい

noun

punishing one to warn many

A yojijukugo meaning to make an example of someone by punishing them, so that others will take warning. Used in formal or literary contexts.

• 一いち罰ばつ百ひゃっ戒かいの考かんがえ方かたで、厳きびしい処しょ分ぶんが下くだされた。

  A strict punishment was handed down based on the idea of punishing one to warn a hundred.