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The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.

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  1. n. The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.
  2. The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.
  3. The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in everyhundred, as in cases of mutiny.
  4. centesimation (military historical, rare) The selection by lot of every hundredth man (of an army or group of prisoners or mutineers) for execution.