English Explanatory Dictionary

sokaiya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of racketeer in Japan who blackmails companies by threatening to publicly humiliate their management.

Word forms

sokaiya sokaiyas

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 総会屋.

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