desecration of a corpse; corpse desecration
A legal term referring to the crime of damaging, abandoning, or otherwise mistreating a corpse, ashes, or hair from a deceased person under Article 190 of the Japanese Penal Code.
The crime of corpse desecration is stipulated in Article 190 of the Penal Code.
Compound of 死体 (corpse), 損壊 (damage/destruction), 等 (etc.), and 罪 (crime). The term is a modern legal coinage.