sokaiya

so kai ya |ˌsōˈkīyə soʊˈkaɪjə | ▶noun ( pl. same ) a holder of shares in a Japanese company who tries to extort money from it by threatening to cause trouble for executives at a general meeting of the shareholders. ORIGIN Japanese, from sōkai ‘general meeting ’ + -ya ‘dealer. ’

sokaiya

sokaiya |ˈsəʊkʌɪjə | ▶noun ( pl. same ) a holder of shares in a Japanese company who tries to extort money from it by threatening to cause trouble for executives at a general meeting of the shareholders. ORIGIN Japanese, from sōkai ‘general meeting ’ + -ya ‘dealer ’.