yakuza
IPA: jʌkˈuzʌ
noun
- A Japanese organized crime gang. (plural: yakuza)
- A member of a Japanese organized crime gang. (plural: yakuzas)
Examples of "yakuza" in Sentences
- Negishi is a member of the yakuza.
- Akiko is the heir to a yakuza clan.
- A small boss of the yakuza group Dobunezumi.
- Even the Yakuza are admirable in their own way.
- Most Yakuza operations are directed by the Oni.
- Both the Mafia and the Yakuza are prominent forces.
- They were called yakuza, he knew, “yaks” for short.
- The main criminal organization are called the Yakuza.
- Leader of the Nagatomi yakuza, ruthless and ambitious.
- It is heavily hinted that they are also a yakuza group.
- The tattoos are the trademark of the Iron Claw Yakuza clan.
- The word yakuza itself comes from a losing hand in gambling. 893 ya-ku-za.
- It has denied rumors that it sought the aid of Japan's notorious organized crime syndicates, known as the yakuza, to help orchestrate the cover-up.
- Keiko Itokazu, an independent legislator, said she was concerned that organized crime, known as the yakuza, would exploit casinos for prostitution and selling drugs.
- The dark, hedonistic world of the yakuza is the focus, though this story is about the illegal sex trade, a malefic home for unwanted Chinese girls, not a black market for fish.
- Adelstein calls the yakuza "Goldman Sachs with guns" because of the prowess with which their groups' roughly 80,000 members infiltrate companies through extortion and intimidation.