杀一警百 meaning in English

execute one man to warn a hundred; execute sb. as a warning to all; he that chastens one chastens twenty.; kill one as a warning to all; kill sb. as an example to the rest; kill sb. as a warning to others; punish one to awe one hundred; punish [execute] sb. as an example [a warning] to others; slay sb. as warning to others