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yakuzas

yakuzas is the plural of yakuza.

Meaning of yakuza

Noun

yakuza (plural yakuza or yakuzas)

  1. A Japanese organized crime gang.
    • Japan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend with falling membership and increased police crackdowns.2025 April 11, Junko Ogura, Helen Regan, “Japan’s biggest Yakuza crime group pledges to end decade-long gang war”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 May 2025
  2. A member of that Japanese organized crime gang.

Questions about yakuzas

What is yakuzas the plural of?
Yakuzas is the plural of yakuza.

Words near yakuzas in the dictionary

  1. Yakutian Laikas
  2. Yakutians
  3. Yakuts
  4. Yakutsk
  5. yakuza
  6. yakuzas
  7. YAL
  8. Yala
  9. Yalamanchili
  10. Yalamanchilis
  11. Yalang

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