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jmdict 2795740 Active (id: 2089403)
半グレ
はんグレ
1. [n]
▶ loosely organized criminal gang
▶ non-yakuza organized crime group
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1004150 グレる 1. to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
  ⇐ see: 2856605 準暴力団【じゅんぼうりょくだん】 1. loosely organized criminal gang; non-yakuza organized crime group



History:
5. A 2020-12-04 00:35:25  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>loosely-organized criminal gang</gloss>
+<gloss>loosely organized criminal gang</gloss>
4. A 2013-07-30 06:07:49  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I'll put that one first.
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +13,1 @@
+<gloss>loosely-organized criminal gang</gloss>
@@ -14,1 +15,0 @@
-<gloss>loosely-organized criminal gang</gloss>
3. A* 2013-07-30 01:01:06  Richard Warmington <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
I suggest adding "loosely-organized criminal gang", based on a reading of 
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/09/national/new-breed-of-criminal-elements-emerging-
from-the-shadows/#.UfcNzdKBmfY
e.g. "Unlike boryokudan (gangsters), the han-gure can be characterized by their loose 
horizontal ties between members."
.
Note also that they aren't entirely separate from yakuza:
"The “half” in the term is also a nod to the fact these new groups are half-yakuza, as many 
are backed by yakuza or ex-yakuza who can no longer operate in the open"
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +14,1 @@
+<gloss>loosely-organized criminal gang</gloss>
2. A 2013-07-29 23:00:27  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1004150">グレる</xref>
1. A* 2013-07-29 12:51:15  Scott
  Refs:
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