破は廉れん恥ち罪ざい

noun

infamous crime; infamous offense

A legal term for a crime considered morally shameful or dishonorable, often used in historical or formal contexts. In modern Japanese law, this category is not actively used, but the term may appear in older texts or discussions of legal history.

• 破は廉れん恥ち罪ざいは、かつての刑けい法ほうで用もちいられた概がい念ねんだ。

  Infamous crime is a concept that was used in the former criminal code.

• 彼かれは破は廉れん恥ち罪ざいで起き訴そされたが、現げん在ざいではその罪ざい名めいは使つかわれていない。

  He was indicted for an infamous crime, but that charge is no longer used today.