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.
The politician was indicted on charges of corrupting public morals.
The magazine was banned on the grounds of corrupting public morals.
Refers to public morals or discipline in general, whereas 風紀紊乱 specifically denotes the corruption or breakdown of those morals.
Means disorder or confusion; 風紀紊乱 combines it with 風紀 to focus on moral disorder.
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.