仕置き

Compound of し (shi, “doing”, stem of verb する suru “to do”) +‎ 置き (oki, “putting, placing”, stem of verb 置く oku “to put, to place”). The 仕 character is an example of ateji (当て字).^[1]

Also the 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of classical verb 仕置く (shioku, “to deal with, oversee, punish”).^[2]

First cited to a text from 1569.^[2]

• (Tokyo) しおき [shìókí] (Heiban – [0])^[3][4]
• IPA^(key): [ɕio̞kʲi]

仕(し)置(お)き • (shioki) 

1. [from 1569] a means of dealing with or disposing of something

   Synonyms: 始末 (shimatsu), 処置 (shochi)

2. [from 1569] a control or command (maintenance of order)
3. [???] a legal or private penalty

   Synonyms: 懲らしめ (korashime), 処罰 (shobatsu), 処分 (shobun), 成敗 (seibai), 懲罰 (chōbatsu), 膺懲 (yōchō)

4. [from mid-1700s] a punishment, possibly corporal or just scolding
5. [from early 1700s] an execution (penalty by death)

   Synonyms: 死刑 (shikei), 始末 (shimatsu), 処刑 (shokei), 成敗 (seibai), 誅殺 (chūsatsu)

6. [???] the garrisoning of a conquered or subjugated area
7. [from 1688] the construction of a thing, how something is made, how something is put together

   Synonyms: 製法 (seihō), 作り方 (tsukurikata)

Generally, this word is often used with the honorific prefix 御 (o-), as お仕置き (o-shioki).

仕(し)置(お)きする • (shioki suru) suru (stem 仕(し)置(お)きし (shioki shi), past 仕(し)置(お)きした (shioki shita))

1. to deal with or dispose of something

   Synonyms: 扱う (atsukau), 始末する (shimatsu suru), 処置する (shochi suru)

2. to control, command, maintain order

   Synonym: 取り締まる (torishimaru)

3. to punish, penalize

   Synonyms: 懲らしめる (korashimeru), 処罰する (shobatsu suru), 処分する (shobun suru), 成敗する (seibai suru), 懲罰する (chōbatsu suru), 膺懲する (yōchō suru)

4. to execute (punish by killing)
   • 1973, Sure-kill Executioners (opening narration)

     のさばる悪(あく)をなんとする。天(てん)の裁(さば)きは待(ま)ってはおれぬ。この世(よ)の正(せい)義(ぎ)もあてにはならぬ。闇(やみ)に裁(さば)いて仕(し)置(おき)する。南(な)無(む)阿(あ)弥(み)陀(だ)仏(ぶつ)。

     Nosabaru aku o nan to suru. Ten no sabaki wa matte wa orenu. Kono yo no seigi mo ate ni wa naranu. Yami ni sabaite shioki suru. Namu Amida-butsu.

     What can you do against senseless evil? Can’t wait for the judgement of heaven? Can’t rely on justice in this world? [We will] judge them in the dark to do this. Namo Amitābhaya-buddhāya.

   Synonyms: 始末する (shimatsu suru), 処刑する (shokei suru), 成敗する (seibai suru), 誅殺する (chūsatsu suru)

5. to garrison a conquered or subjugated area