組そ織しき暴ぼう力りょく団だん

Meanings

organized crime syndicate

A formal term for a group engaged in systematic criminal activity, often used in legal or news contexts. Similar to 暴力団 (bōryokudan) but emphasizes the organizational aspect.

警けい察さつは組そ織しき暴ぼう力りょく団だんの資し金きん源げんを調ちょう査さしている。
The police are investigating the funding sources of the organized crime syndicate.
組そ織しき暴ぼう力りょく団だんの摘てき発はつが相あい次ついでいる。
Crackdowns on organized crime syndicates are occurring one after another.

Kanji

組association, braid, plait
織weave, fabric
暴outburst, rave, fret
力power, strength, strong
団group, association

Related words

暴ぼう力りょく団だん
暴力団 is the more common, general term for a crime syndicate or gang. 組織暴力団 explicitly highlights the structured, organized nature of the group, and is more formal.
反はん社しゃ会かい的てき勢せい力りょく
反社会的勢力 is a broader, euphemistic term used in legal and corporate contexts to refer to organized crime groups and similar entities. 組織暴力団 is more direct and specific.

Built from

組そ織しき+暴ぼう力りょく団だん

Etymology

Compound of 組織 (organization), 暴力 (violence), and 団 (group). The term likely emerged in modern legal and journalistic usage to describe structured criminal organizations.