暴力団 (ぼうりょくだん, bouryokudan) Japanese meaning | KotomoraThe police searched the office of that yakuza organization.
The anti-organized crime law was enacted.
Usage patterns
〈人〉が暴力団に入るfor someone to join a crime syndicate
He ended up joining a crime syndicate when he was young.
〈人〉が暴力団と関係を持つfor someone to have ties with organized crime
警察が暴力団を摘発するfor police to crack down on / expose a crime syndicate
暴力団の資金源になるto become a funding source for a crime syndicate
This underground lending business apparently funds a crime syndicate.
It was reported that the company had ties with organized crime.
Police have been cracking down on that crime syndicate for years.
暴力団排除
elimination of organized crime groups; combating criminal gangs
gangster roundup; yakuza crackdown
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member of an organized crime group; yakuza member; gangster
organized crime syndicate
person involved with a criminal gang; yakuza associate
