Mafia vs Yakuza - What's the difference? | WikiDiff What's the difference between and Mafia vs Yakuza - What's the difference? mafia | yakuza | As nouns the difference between mafia and yakuza is that mafia is a crime syndicate while yakuza is a Japanese organized crime gang. As a proper noun Mafia is an international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States. mafia English (wikipedia Mafia) Alternative forms * Maffia (less common) Proper noun (specifically) An international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States. (by extension) Any organized crime syndicate operating internationally in high-level organized crime; . Somehow he managed to upset the Russian Mafia . A party game modelling a conflict between an informed minority (the mafia) and an uninformed majority (the innocents). Each player is secretly assigned a role within one of these teams, and the innocents attempt to identify the mafia members before they are all "murdered". (an entity which attempts to control a specified arena). Synonyms * (organization of Sicilian origin) Cosa Nostra, mob * (any organized crime syndicate) mob Derived terms * mafia * mafia state * Mafioso * Mafiya See also * Camorra * capo * godfather * goodfella * 'Ndrangheta * * Thuggee * Triad * Yakuza ---- yakuza English Noun (yakuza) A Japanese organized crime gang A member of a Japanese organized crime gang See also * mafia * tong * triad ---- Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share by Email Share on Pinterest Print Share on WhatsApp Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License; additional terms may apply. See Wiktionary Terms of Use for details.