"sokaiya" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sokaiyas [plural], sokaiya [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 総会屋. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ja|総会屋}} Borrowed from Japanese 総会屋 Head templates: {{en-noun|s|sokaiya}} sokaiya (plural sokaiyas or sokaiya)
  1. A form of racketeer in Japan who blackmails companies by threatening to publicly humiliate their management. Wikipedia link: sokaiya
    Sense id: en-sokaiya-en-noun-I9Y79CIf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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