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sokaiya

sokaiya noun: a form of racketeer in Japan who blackmails companies by threatening to publicly humiliate their management.

Noun

sokaiya (plural sokaiyas or sokaiya)

  1. A form of racketeer in Japan who blackmails companies by threatening to publicly humiliate their management.

Forms of sokaiya

pluralsokaiyas
pluralsokaiya

Origin of sokaiya

Borrowed from Japanese 総会屋.

Questions about sokaiya

What does sokaiya mean?
Sokaiya means a form of racketeer in Japan who blackmails companies by threatening to publicly humiliate their management.
What part of speech is sokaiya?
Sokaiya is a noun.
What is the plural of sokaiya?
The plural of sokaiya is sokaiyas.

Words near sokaiya in the dictionary

  1. sojus
  2. sojutsu
  3. Sok
  4. Soka Gakkai
  5. sokah
  6. sokaiya
  7. sokaiyas
  8. Sokal
  9. Sokalian
  10. sokalnik
  11. sokalniks

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