- any of various tightly knit Japanese criminal organizations having a ritualistic, strict code of honor.
- such organizations collectively.
- a member of such an organization; gangster.
- a Japanese criminal organization involved in illegal gambling, extortion, gun-running, etc
- a member of this organization
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