Words similar to yakuza
Example sentences for: yakuza
How can you use “yakuza” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
"The Chinese gangs are taking business from us in every area--in prostitution, in gambling, in fencing, in stolen goods," said one yakuza to New York Times reporter Nicholas Kristof.
Yakuza members, who are six times more numerous than American Mafiosi, hand out business cards with gang names printed on them and frequently sport amputated pinkies ("cut to atone for a misdeed").
"The difference between us is that Japanese yakuza think of long-term business relationships, but the Chinese mafia thinks just of the short term.
Some have said that the Japanese even conform in rebellion: the Yakuza (Japanese Mafia) all dress alike though a little sharper, e.g. two-colour ties, mean pairs of wraparounds, tattoos, brutal crew cuts, and an attitude!
A long article in the same magazine enters the terrifying world of the yakuza , Japanese organized-crime syndicates.