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jmdict 1519600 Active (id: 1967495)
暴力団 [news1,nf02]
【ぼうりょくだん [news1,nf02] 】

[n]
▶ bōryokudan
▶ gangster organization (organisation)
▶ crime syndicate
▶ yakuza

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 2720480 指定暴力団【していぼうりょくだん】 1. designated organized crime group; designated criminal organisation; designated bōryokudan; designated yakuza group; group officially listed as criminal by the National Police Agency
	⇐ see: 1947080 暴力団員【ぼうりょくだんいん】 1. member of an organized crime group; gangster; mobster; yakuza
	⇐ see: 2158660 任侠団体【にんきょうだんたい】 1. yakuza group; chivalrous organization
	⇐ see: 2680760 マル暴【マルぼう】 1. yakuza group

History:

2.	A 2018-01-08 00:29:21 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Don't need to explain Yakuza.
	Diff:	@@ -19 +19 @@ -<gloss>yakuza (Japanese mafia)</gloss> +<gloss>yakuza</gloss>
1.	A* 2018-01-03 20:45:30 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	https://www.britannica.com/topic/boryokudan "Bōryokudan, however, is still used interchangeably with yakuza, especially in the West."
	Diff:	@@ -15,0 +16 @@ +<gloss>bōryokudan</gloss> @@ -19,2 +19,0 @@ -<gloss>band of thugs</gloss> -<gloss>group of hoodlums</gloss>

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jmdict 1519600 Rejected (id: 1091942)
暴力団 [news1,nf02]
【ぼうりょくだん [news1,nf02] 】

[n] {law}
▶ gangster organization (organisation)
▶ crime syndicate
▶ yakuza (Japanese mafia)
▶ band of thugs
▶ group of hoodlums

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 2680760 マル暴【マルぼう】 1. yakuza group

History:

2.	R 2012-04-12 19:20:12 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	i don't think this counts as a legal term. that's more along the lines of things like 'mens rea', 'actus reus', etc.
1.	A* 2012-04-12 15:14:00 Marcus
	Diff:	@@ -16,0 +16,1 @@ +<field>&law;</field>

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