yakuza

English Thesaurus

1. organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises (noun.group)

hypernym	:	gangdom, gangland, organized crime,
definition	:	underworld organizations (noun.group)

domain region	:	japan, nihon, nippon,
definition	:	a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building (noun.location)

2. a Japanese gangster (noun.person)

hypernym	:	gangster, mobster,
definition	:	a criminal who is a member of gang (noun.person)

domain region	:	japan, nihon, nippon,
definition	:	a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building (noun.location)