暴力団|ぼうりょくだんbouryokudan[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounbōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
   暴力団ぼうりょくだんは強盗ごうとうを計画けいかくしていた。↗

   The gang was planning a robbery.

• SynonymギャングNeutralA loanword for gangs, gangsters or robbers; typically used of foreign gangs, while 「暴力団」 is the term used in Japanese law and news reporting.
• Related徒党ととうWrittenWritten/formal prose for a clique that bands together to advance private interests, with a pejorative edge; 「暴力団」 refers specifically to organized crime.

Use 「暴力団」 for organized crime syndicates, as in 「暴力団対策法」; say 「ギャング」 for foreign gangs, and 「徒党」 for cliques that band together for private ends.

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1. 暴力ぼうりょくを使つかって私的してきな目的もくてきを達成たっせいしようとする反社会的はんしゃかいてきな集団しゅうだん。