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- Dictionaryyakuza/jəˈkuːzə/
noun
- 1. a powerful Japanese criminal organization.
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Yakuza, also known as gokudō, are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police and (by request of the police) media call them bōryokudan (暴力団, "violent groups", IPA: ), while the yakuza call themselves ninkyō dantai (任侠団体, "chivalrous organizations", IPA: ). The English equivalent for the term yakuza is gangster, meaning an individual involved in a ... Wikipedia