Large-scale misdemeanours arranged around dreadful mire (9,5)

'large-scale misdemeanours' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'arranged around dreadful mire' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'arranged' could be 'organised' (organising is a kind of arranging) and 'organised' is located in the answer.
'around' could be 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa') and 'c' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'mire' is 'rime' which is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?