誅ちゅう伐ばつ

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

punishing criminals; executing justice

Formal, literary term for punishing or subjugating wrongdoers, often with a sense of righteous authority. Rare in everyday speech; found in historical or legal contexts.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんには、悪あく人にんを誅ちゅう伐ばつする記き述じゅつが見みられる。

  In old documents, there are descriptions of punishing evildoers.

• その武ぶ将しょうは反はん逆ぎゃく者しゃを誅ちゅう伐ばつしたと伝つたえられている。

  It is said that the warlord executed justice on the rebels.