匿流

Japanese

This Japanese term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Kanji in this term
匿	流
とく Grade: S	りゅう Grade: 3
kan’yōon	kan’on

Etymology

Coined by Japan’s National Police Agency around 2023 (see quotations below) from 匿名(とくめい) (tokumei, “anonymity”) + 流動(りゅうどう) (ryūdō, “fluid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞kɯ̟ᵝɾʲɨᵝː]

Noun

匿(とく)流(りゅう) • (tokuryū) 

1. (neologism) anonymous and fluid criminal group (an otherwise unaffiliated group of criminals who work together to commit a crime and then separate)
   • 2023 December 28, “Fukuoka-shi no bunkyō chiku ni gāruzu bā, sōsaku suru to ishū... hanzai shūdan no katsudō kyotenka bōshi e kenkei ga jittai chōsa [A girlie bar in a Fukuoka school district, something smells fishy during a manhunt... Prefectural police investigation aims to prevent the area from becoming a base for criminal activity]”, in Yomiuri Shimbun Online‎^[1]:

     この街(まち)が、暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)や離合集散(りごうしゅうさん)を繰(く)り返(かえ)す犯罪集団(はんざいしゅうだん)「匿名・流動型犯罪(とくめい・りゅうどうかたはんざい)グループ（匿流(トクリュウ)）」の活動拠点(かつどうきょてん)となるのを防(ふせ)ごうと、福岡県警早良署(ふくおかけんけいさわらしょ)が実態把握(じったいはあく)に乗(の)り出(だ)した。

     Kono machi ga, bōryokudan ya rigō shūsan o kurikaesu hanzai shūdan “tokumei ryūdō-kata hanzai gurūpu ( tokuryū )” no katsudō kyoten to naru no o fusegō to, Fukuoka Kenkei Sawara sho ga jittai hāku ni noridashita.

     In an attempt to prevent the neighborhood from becoming a base for criminal gangs and temporary, so-called “anonymous, fluid criminal groups (tokuryū)”, the Fukuoka Prefectural Police’s Sawara station has begun to figure out what is actually going on.

   • [2024 March 29, “Keisatsuchō jūten bunya 2763-nin zōin [National Policy Agency assigns 2,763 additional personnel to high-priority areas]”, in Mainichi Shimbun, page 9:

     匿名・流動型犯罪(とくめい・りゅうどうかたはんざい)グループについて、警察庁(けいさつちょう)は「匿流(とくりゅう)（とくりゅう）」と略称(りゃくしょう)し、特殊詐欺(とくしゅさぎ)や違法(いほう)な風俗店(ふうぞくてん)の営業(えいぎょう)などで得(え)た犯罪収益(はんざいしゅうえき)を暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)に上納(じょうのう)している可能性(かのうせい)を警戒(けいかい)。

     Tokumei ryūdō-kata hanzai gurūpu ni tsuite, Keisatsuchō wa “tokuryū (tokuryū)” to ryakushō shi, tokushu sagi ya ihō na fūzokuten no eigyō nado de eta hanzai shūeki o bōryokudan ni jōnō shiteiru kanōsei o keikai.

     The National Police Agency refers to such anonymous, fluid criminal organizations with the abbreviation tokuryū, and warns that they may be paying a portion of proceeds from telephone fraud, illegal brothels, and other crimes to organized crime syndicates.]

   • 2024 May 3, “Ōgaki no gōtō: jikkō yaku ga kataru naimaku [Ogaki robbery: suspect gives the inside story]”, in Chunichi Shimbun, page 29:

     大垣(おおがき)の強盗事件(ごうとうじけん)では、知(し)らない者同士(ものどうし)が交流(こうりゅう)サイト（ＳＮＳ）などでつながり、実態(じったい)を見(み)えにくくする「匿名・流動型犯罪(とくめい・りゅうどうかたはんざい)グループ（匿流(とくりゅう)（とくりゅう））」による犯行(はんこう)とみられる。

     Ōgaki no gōtō jiken de wa, shiranai mono dōshi ga kōryū saito (ＳＮＳ) nado de tsunagari, jittai o mienikuku suru “tokumei ryūdō-kata hanzai gurūpu (tokuryū (tokuryū))” ni yoru hankō to mirareru.

     The Ogaki robbery is believed to have been committed by a group of unacquainted people who met using social networking sites, a so-called “anonymous and fluid criminal group (tokuryū)”, making them difficult to trace.

See also

• 暴力団(ぼうりょくだん) (bōryokudan, “organized crime gang”)
• 闇(やみ)バイト (yami baito, “illegal part-time job”)