public nuisance

noun

1. law an illegal act causing harm to members of a particular community rather than to any individual
2. informal.
   a person who is generally considered objectionable

Example Sentences

“It’s very revealing and frankly very offensive to compare shelter, housing, compassion and the ability to bring someone off the street to things that they consider public nuisances,” Bonta said.

From Los Angeles Times

Chalfant called the project “a public nuisance” and criticized the county for not spreading locations for the program, known as Project Roomkey, equitably across the region.

From Los Angeles Times

All the defendants, who pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to causing a public nuisance, received terms of between one year eight months and two years.

From BBC

The sentences are the longest since the introduction by the last government of the new law of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance, in a bid to clamp down on disruptive protests.

From BBC

The new law, proposed by Mayor Bruce Harrell and passed unanimously by the council Tuesday, gives new authority to the chief of the fire department — currently Harold Scoggins — to declare a building a “public nuisance.”

From Seattle Times