sokaiyan.

/ˈsəʊkʌɪjə/

Forms: Plural unchanged.

Etymology: Japanese, < sōkai general meeting + -ya dealer.

Usually in plural. ‘A person who holds a small number of shares of stock in a number of companies and attempts to extort money from them by threatening to cause trouble at the general meeting of the stockholders’ ( Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dict. (1974)).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > holder of stocks or shares

sharer1667

actionist1720

actionary1728

stockholder1753

shareholder1755

actioner1825

holder1848

sokaiya1971

1971 Newsweek 14 June 49/1 The only blemish on the smooth proceedings has been the irritating presence of parasitic sokaiya, professional hecklers and blackmailers whose threats to disrupt meetings or to reveal embarrassing bits of information have forced management to part with millions of dollars every year in payoffs.

1980 Times 19 May 23/6 The Sokaiya—Japan's unique group of strong-arm gangsters who can be hired to control or disrupt shareholders' meetings.

1983 Internat. Managem. Sept. 30/2 The first Sokaiya—the name translates as shareholder's meeting man—concentrated on simple blackmail.

1984 Fortune 5 Mar. 8/1 This year sokaiya switched sides and attacked management because Sony, obeying a year-old government reform outlawing the practice, didn't pay them a fee to cooperate.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	sokaiya
释义	sokaiyan. /ˈsəʊkʌɪjə/ Forms: Plural unchanged. Etymology: Japanese, < sōkai general meeting + -ya dealer. Usually in plural. ‘A person who holds a small number of shares of stock in a number of companies and attempts to extort money from them by threatening to cause trouble at the general meeting of the stockholders’ ( Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dict. (1974)). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > holder of stocks or shares sharer1667 actionist1720 actionary1728 stockholder1753 shareholder1755 actioner1825 holder1848 sokaiya1971 1971 Newsweek 14 June 49/1 The only blemish on the smooth proceedings has been the irritating presence of parasitic sokaiya, professional hecklers and blackmailers whose threats to disrupt meetings or to reveal embarrassing bits of information have forced management to part with millions of dollars every year in payoffs. 1980 Times 19 May 23/6 The Sokaiya—Japan's unique group of strong-arm gangsters who can be hired to control or disrupt shareholders' meetings. 1983 Internat. Managem. Sept. 30/2 The first Sokaiya—the name translates as shareholder's meeting man—concentrated on simple blackmail. 1984 Fortune 5 Mar. 8/1 This year sokaiya switched sides and attacked management because Sony, obeying a year-old government reform outlawing the practice, didn't pay them a fee to cooperate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1971
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