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sokaiya

so·kai·ya [ sṓ k ə ] (plural so·kai·ya)


noun 
Definition:
 
stockholder trying to extort money: a stockholder in a Japanese company who tries to extort money from executives by threatening to cause difficulties for them at a stockholders' meeting

[Late 20th century. < Japanese< sōkai "general meeting" + -ya "dealer"]
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