noun
corruption of public morals; moral decay
A formal yojijukugo used in legal, political, or social commentary to describe a breakdown of public decency or discipline.
その政治家は風紀紊乱の罪で告発された。
The politician was indicted on charges of corrupting public morals.
風紀紊乱を理由に、その雑誌は発売禁止になった。
The magazine was banned on the grounds of corrupting public morals.
A yojijukugo composed of 風紀 (public morals) and 紊乱 (disorder, confusion). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the compound is used in formal contexts to describe moral decay.