make an example of

English

Verb

make an example of

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To punish someone so as to give a warning to others.

   He made an example of the drunken sailor with twenty lashes, to show that he must have a sober crew.

Translations

punish someone as a warning to others

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 殺雞儆猴／杀鸡儆猴 (zh) (shājījǐnghóu), 杀鸡儆猴 (zh) (shājījǐnghóu), 殺一儆百／杀一儆百 (zh) (shāyījǐngbǎi), 杀一儆百 (zh) (shāyījǐngbǎi)

• Danish: statuere et eksempel
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tehdä jostakin varoittava esimerkki
• French: faire un exemple
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• German: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: példát statuál
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: приме́рно наказа́ть (primérno nakazátʹ)
• Spanish: dar ejemplo de
• Swedish: statuera exempel (av)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can