総そう会かい屋や

noun

sokaiya; corporate extortionist

A person or group that buys shares to attend shareholder meetings and threatens to disrupt them unless paid off. The term is specific to Japanese corporate culture and often associated with organized crime.

• 総そう会かい屋やが株かぶ主ぬし総そう会かいで騒さわぎ立たてる前まえに、会かい社しゃは金かねを払はらうことがあった。

  Companies sometimes paid money before sokaiya could cause a disturbance at shareholder meetings.

• 総そう会かい屋や対たい策さくとして、多おおくの企き業ぎょうが株かぶ主ぬし総そう会かいの日にっ程ていを集しゅう中ちゅうさせた。

  As a countermeasure against sokaiya, many companies concentrated their shareholder meeting dates.