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To kill one in ten and disperse the remaining nine to other groups; often used as punishment for mutiny in Roman legions.
I know that is technically the meaning, but dictionaries now seem to list the commonly (ab)used meaning "severely reduce in numbers" as well. I was just commenting on this last night while someone said it on the news.
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