公こう開かい処しょ刑けい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

public execution

Literal meaning: a state-sanctioned execution carried out in front of an audience. Historically associated with punishments such as beheadings or hangings in public squares.

• 中ちゅう世せいヨーロッパでは公こう開かい処しょ刑けいが娯ご楽らくとして見みられていたこともあった。

  In medieval Europe, public executions were sometimes viewed as entertainment.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

public embarrassment; public shaming

Colloquial figurative use: a situation where someone is humiliated or harshly criticized in front of others, often online or in a social setting. The する form means to subject someone to such public shaming.

• 彼かれの失しつ言げんはSNSで公こう開かい処しょ刑けいされた。

  His gaffe was publicly shamed on social media.

• あのプレゼンの失しっ敗ぱいはまさに公こう開かい処しょ刑けいだった。

  That presentation failure was a total public embarrassment.