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Yakuza logo #10101) Asian-American gang 2) Gang in fiction 3) Gangster 4) Japanese crime syndicate 5) Japanese gangster 6) Japanese gangster group 7) Japanese gangsters 8) Japanese Mafia 9) Japanese mobster 10) Japanese subculture 11) Mobster 12) Organized crime in Japan 13) PlayStation 3 game 14) Shinjuku gangsters
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Yakuza

Yakuza logo #21000 == Divisions of origin == Despite uncertainty about the single origin of yakuza organizations, most modern yakuza derive from two classifications which emerged in the mid-Edo Period (1603–1868): tekiya, those who primarily peddled illicit, stolen or shoddy goods; and bakuto, those who were involved in or participated in gambling. `Tekiya` (ped.....
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yakuza logo #21003in 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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yakuza logo #20688Japanese 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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Yakuza

Yakuza logo #22174Criminals, gangsters of the Edo Period. Kozuke was especially known for it
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yakuza logo #20974 noun organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises
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yakuza

yakuza logo #21199any of various tightly knit Japanese criminal organizations having a ritualistic, strict code of honor. · such organizations collectively. · a member of such an organization; gangster.
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