yakuza

• Sustantivo que designa a un miembro de un sindicato criminal japonés o, en general, a las organizaciones y actividades ilegales que conforman la mafia japonesa.

A noun referring to a member of a Japanese organized crime syndicate, or collectively to the criminal organizations and illegal enterprises that form the Japanese mafia.

1. Japanese gangsterB2formal

   A member of a Japanese organized crime syndicate.

   yakuza (miembro de una mafia japonesa)

   • The yakuza member was arrested for extortion.
   • He wrote a book about his life as a yakuza.
   • The movie portrays the life of a yakuza in Tokyo.

   Sinónimosgangsterhoodlummobsterthug

2. Organized crime in JapanB2formal

   The collective term for Japanese criminal organizations involved in illegal activities.

   Yakuza (crimen organizado japonés)

   • The yakuza controls many illegal businesses in Japan.
   • Police are cracking down on yakuza activities.
   • The yakuza has a strict code of conduct.