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‖ Yamaguchi-gumi, n.|jamaˌgutʃiˈgumi|
Also Yamaguchi-Gumi.
[Jap. Yamaguchigumi, f. the name of Harukichi Yamaguchi, the original leader of the gang + gumi group, gang.]
In Japan, the name of the largest syndicate of organized crime, founded in the Kobe dock area in 1928. Also ellipt. as Yamaguchi.
1964Mainichi Daily News (Japan) 18 July 8/6 In Kumamoto in Kyushu a member of Kinseikai of Tokyo was shot to death by a member of Yamaguchi-Gumi of Kobe. 1973N.Y. Times 21 Feb. 8/3 The merger of the Yamaguchi-Gumi gang from Kobe, in western Japan, and the Inagawa-Kai gang from Tokyo reflects an attempt by the out-of-town group to become ruler of the underworld. Ibid. 95/2 Protracted warfare among gangsters is very bewildering to such an established Yamaguchi director as Hideomi Oda. 1981W. L. Ames Police & Community in Japan vi. 118 The scale and organization of the Yamaguchi gumi is seen in the syndicate magazine..which is sent to all member gangsters. 1991Sunday Tel. 14 July 15/4 It was in a Kyoto nightclub that a boss of the Yamaguchi-Gumi was shot dead in an intra-gang dispute. |