"black society" meaning in All languages combined

See black society on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: black societies [plural]
Etymology: A calque of Cantonese 黑社會/黑社会 (hak1 se5 wui2). Etymology templates: {{cog|yue|黑社會|tr=hak1 se5 wui2}} Cantonese 黑社會/黑社会 (hak1 se5 wui2) Head templates: {{en-noun}} black society (plural black societies)
  1. A Chinese gang or triad.
    Sense id: en-black_society-en-noun-59SklFNC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for black society meaning in All languages combined (0.8kB)

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