猖しょう獗けつを極きわめる

expression, ichidan verb

become rampant; be rife

Formal or literary expression used when something undesirable (disease, corruption, etc.) spreads widely and intensely.

• 感かん染せん症しょうが猖しょう獗けつを極きわめ、多おおくの人ひとが苦くるしんだ。

  The infectious disease became rampant, and many people suffered.

• 不ふ正せいが猖しょう獗けつを極きわめる社しゃ会かいでは、信しん頼らいが失うしなわれる。

  In a society where corruption is rife, trust is lost.