罪ざい人にんを流ながす

expression, godan verb (-su)

exile a criminal; banish a criminal

Fixed expression referring to the historical practice of sending a convicted person to a distant island or remote area as punishment. Not used for modern legal deportation.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、島しまに罪ざい人にんを流ながすことがあった。

  In the Edo period, criminals were sometimes exiled to islands.