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Definitions for Yakuza

[1] any of various tightly knit Japanese criminal organizations having a ritualistic, strict code of honor.
[2] such organizations collectively.
[3] a member of such an organization; gangster.
[4] the yakuza a Japanese criminal organization involved in illegal gambling, extortion, gun-running, etc
[5] a member of this organization

Words nearby Yakuza

yakka, yakow, yakut, yakut autonomous republic, yakutsk, yakuza, yale, yale lock, yalong jiang, yalow, yalta

Origin of Yakuza

1960–65; < Japanese: racketeer, gambler, good-for-nothing, useless, from the name of a game in which the worst hand is of three cards marked ya eight, ku nine (< Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese jiǒu ), and -za three (combining form of sa(n ) < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese sān )

Word origin for Yakuza

C20: from Japanese ya eight + ku nine + za three, the worst hand in a game of cards