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Definition of Sokaiya
1. Noun. A form of racketeer in Japan who blackmails companies by threatening to publicly humiliate their management. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sokaiya
1. a corporate racketeer who threatens to disturb shareholders' meetings [n SOKAIYA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sokaiya
Literary usage of Sokaiya
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fires Across the Water: Transnational Problems in Asia by James Shinn (1998)
"By the same token, some prominent Japanese politicians and bureaucrats have close
ties with criminal yakuza and sokaiya gangs. Moreover, not all Asian ..."
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