みく

Meanings

1

weapon used in crime; sword or dagger for criminal use

Yakuza slang for a blade or weapon carried for criminal purposes, not for everyday self-defense.

組くみ長ちょうはいつもみくを隠かくし持もっているらしい。
The gang boss apparently always carries a weapon on him.
警けい察さつが押おう収しゅうしたみくの中なかには、改かい造ぞうされた特とく殊しゅ警けい棒ぼうもあった。
Among the weapons the police seized were modified special batons.

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Usage patterns

みくを持もつto carry a (criminal) blade
あの男おとこはいつもみくを持もち歩あるいている。
That man always carries a blade on him.
〈人ひと〉をみくで刺さすto stab someone with a (criminal) blade
組くみ員いんが相あい手てをみくで刺さしたらしい。
It seems a gang member stabbed his rival with a blade.