見みせしめ

noun

lesson; example; warning

Used when someone is punished or treated harshly to serve as a warning to others. Often appears in phrases like 見せしめにする or 見せしめのため.

• 彼かれは見みせしめのためにクビにされた。

  He was fired as an example to others.

• 先せん生せいは遅ち刻こくした生せい徒とを見みせしめに廊ろう下かに立たたせた。

  The teacher made the late student stand in the hallway as a warning to the rest.