弊へい風ふう

noun

evil practice; corrupt custom; abusive practice

A formal, somewhat literary term for a harmful or corrupt custom or practice, often used in social or institutional criticism.

• その会かい社しゃでは、賄わい賂ろが弊へい風ふうとして根ね付づいていた。

  In that company, bribery had taken root as a corrupt practice.

• 政せい治じの弊へい風ふうを正ただすには、制せい度ど改かい革かくが必ひつ要ようだ。

  To correct the evil practices in politics, institutional reform is necessary.