community alienation

community alienation
   lawlessness
   Social-service jargon which seeks to avoid blaming thugs for anti-social behaviour. It does not mean the place has been taken over by foreigners:
    The village now exhibits the signs of this community alienation with its smashed telephone kiosks, litter and graffiti painted on its mellow walls. (Thatch, March 1982)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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