also: かいしゃごろ
corporate extortionist; corporate shakedown artist
A person who blackmails or extorts money from companies, often by threatening to expose scandals or disrupt shareholder meetings. Derived from ごろつき (thug).
See also: ゴロツキ
A corporate extortionist tried to shake down the company by causing a disturbance at the shareholders' meeting.
That company was targeted by a corporate shakedown artist and forced to pay a large sum of money.
Standard spelling; ゴロ is from ごろつき (thug, ruffian).
Hiragana variant; less common but still used.
Compound of 会社 (company) and ゴロ, a shortening of ごろつき (thug, ruffian). The term describes a person who uses thuggish tactics to extort money from corporations.