to warn / to admonish
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lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom) / to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres
to warn / to admonish
(idiom) to warn against following bad examples / as a warning to others
lit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom) / fig. to make an example of sb
(lit.) to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / (fig.) to punish an individual as an example to others
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