暴 力 団(ぼうりょくだん)

ぼうりょくだん

noun

organized crime syndicate, yakuza

1. organized crime syndicate, yakuza

An organized criminal group. The official and legal term used by Japanese police and media for what is colloquially known as yakuza. These groups are the subject of extensive anti-organized-crime legislation in Japan.

暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)との関係(かんけい)が発覚(はっかく)した。

Ties to an organized crime syndicate were discovered.

暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)排除(はいじょ)条例(じょうれい)が全国(ぜんこく)で施行(しこう)されている。

Anti-organized-crime ordinances are in effect nationwide.

警察(けいさつ)は暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)の構成員(こうせいいん)を逮捕(たいほ)した。

The police arrested a member of an organized crime syndicate.

Usage

The formal and legal term for organized crime groups in Japan, used in official documents, news reports, and legislation. Colloquially, these groups are called ヤクザ. The abbreviated form 暴力(ぼうりょく)団(だん) is sometimes further shortened to 暴(ぼう)団(だん) in headlines.

Common collocations

暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)排除(はいじょ): organized crime exclusion
暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)対策法(たいさくほう): Anti-Organized Crime Law
暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)構成員(こうせいいん): gang member
暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)関係者(かんけいしゃ): person associated with organized crime
指定(してい)暴力団(ぼうりょくだん): designated crime syndicate

Related Words

Related: 暴力(ぼうりょく) (violence)

Compare: やくざ (gangster)

Compare: 犯罪組織(はんざいそしき) (criminal organization)

Compare: ギャング (gang)

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