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1. yakuza
   Japanese gangster. Organized crime in Japan is highly structured, and the various syndicates between them employed some 110,000 people 1989, with a turnover of an estimated 1.5 trillion yen. The...
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2. yakuza
   noun organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises
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3. yakuza
   noun a Japanese gangster
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4. yakuza
   in Japan, gangster, a member of a bryokudan (q.v.), or gang of racketeers. The word yakuza, which has come to mean `good for nothing,` is derived ... [1 related articles]
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5. Yakuza
   , also known as , are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them `bōryokudan` (暴力団), literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "`ninkyō dantai`" (ä»»ä...
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6. Yakuza
   (video game) `Yakuza`, originally released in Japan as is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Sega in 2005 for the Sony PlayStation 2. Sega announced that the budget for the game and its sequel together was 2.4 billion yen (21 million US dollars). This game is the...
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7. Yakuza
   (band) `Yakuza` is an avant-garde metal band, formed in Chicago in 1999.<ref name=prosthetic>Yakuza bio, Prosthetic Records. http://www.prostheticrecords.com/bands/yakuza/12.php Access date: September 30, 2008.--> They have been acclaimed for their incorporation of jazz and world music ele...
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8. Yakuza
   (Irish band) `Yakuza` is an indie rock band from Northern Ireland, with an interest in experimenting with different aspects of sound. Formation and early recordings : Yakuza formed in July 1997 with the members hailing from Counties Armagh and Tyrone in Northern Ireland. Percussionist/multi i...
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9. Yakuza
   (series) `Yakuza` (龍が如く Ryū ga Gotoku, lit. "Like a Dragon") is an action-adventure video game franchise created by Amusement Vision and owned and published by Sega. The series has sold at least 3.2 million copies as of March 2009<ref name=&q...
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