Definitions
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- noun A form of
racketeer inJapan whoblackmails companies bythreatening to publiclyhumiliate theirmanagement .
Etymologies
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Japanese 総会屋
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Examples
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Nomura has bolstered its compliance system since being implicated in a scandal involving "sokaiya" corporate racketeers in 1997, but the latest incident will put its internal information-control system under intense scrutiny.
Pre-Parsing 2008
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They began their raids last year by arresting a prominent sokaiya, or corporate racketeer, who extorted large amounts of cash and stock by threatening to reveal dirt on top institutions, including Daichi Kangyo Bank and Nomura Securities.
Mighty Fall 2008
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The sokaiya squealed on bankers, who then spilled information about the bureaucrats.
Mighty Fall 2008
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