Serving or intended to serve as a deterrent or warning to others against a particular act, course of… Of a punished person, offence, etc. Chiefly in…
| 单词 | θ173514 |
| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] > inflict disciplinary or corrective punishment > specific to make an example of (3) to make exemplarya1601 Serving or intended to serve as a deterrent or warning to others against a particular act, course of… Of a punished person, offence, etc. Chiefly in… exemplifya1637 transitive. To punish (a person) in order to deter others; to make an example of. Obsolete. example1639 transitive. To punish or exact retribution on (a person), as a deterrent or warning to others; to make an example of (a person). In early use also… |
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