Usage of "bōryokudan"

An antisocial group that achieves its aims through violence or the threat of violence.

Sinónimos

Examples for "gang"

But, convictions are difficult to secure in many cases involving gang violence. 
 The South African 

Lane joined in the anti-social behaviour; he became one of the gang. 
 A Dominie in Doubt 

Wairoa police said gang violence in the town would not be tolerated. 
 Radio NZ 

The gang are fertile in disguise; the machine operates at considerable distances.' 
 A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day 

He said, 'The press-gang must be heading for the fight you mentioned.' 
 Beyond the Reef 

Body-guard, ball given by the; and the Versailles mob; protecting the court. 
 The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France 

Unfortunately, prosecutors say, it has only created new opportunities for the mob. 
 Reuters 

Often times they could be seen among those in the lynch mob. 
 Ebony 

Soldiers fought to force their way through the mob, weapons held high. 
 Stonewielder 

The Protestants continued to smash images; the Catholics to mob the Protestants. 
 The Age of the Reformation 

Their Italian former business partner has denied having connections with the mafia. 
 Reuters 

He is being charged with mafia links and drug-trafficking among other crimes. 
 The Irish Times 

The growth of a vicious mafia has its parallels in Western countries. 
 The Irish Times 

The sequel destroyed what few illusions he possessed about Russia's mafia state. 
 The Guardian 

That's my experience in dealing with mafia corpses in the Hudson River. 
 The new yorker 

Now Batou grappled with the yakuza, trying to free his gun hand. 
 Ghost in the Shell 

The yakuza stood at a careful distance from her, weapons still out. 
 Woken furies 

The Major spotted another yakuza pulling a pin out of a grenade. 
 Ghost in the Shell 

You don't go back to the yakuza with half a contract fulfilled. 
 Woken furies 

Not the yakuza, not the First Families, not even the fucking Envoys. 
 Woken furies 

Earlier that year, nine members of a criminal gang were hanged for murder. 
 Reuters 

Police say the drugs belonged to Clan Usuga, a criminal gang. 
 Radio NZ 

A criminal gang was behind the kidnapping rather than Taliban militants. 
 Reuters 

There's a criminal gang out there that's very well known to my firm. 
 Year Zero 

The man is a senior figure in the McCarthy-Dundon criminal gang in Limerick. 
 The Irish Times 

Meanings of bōryokudan in inglés