Associations to the word «Yakuza»

Wiktionary

YAKUZA, noun. A Japanese organized crime gang
YAKUZA, noun. A member of a Japanese organized crime gang

Dictionary definition

YAKUZA, noun. A Japanese gangster.
YAKUZA, noun. Organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne