anti-social forces

12:49 Jan 1, 2020 

"Outlaw gangs" is another option, following the text originally posted and the Asker's mention of "a gangster".
https://www.bing.com/search?q="Outlaw gangs"

12:47 Jan 1, 2020 

The Asker stated: "Many Japanese companies use anti-social forces at [sic] their websites"
If you want to want to capture some 'colourful' alternative to "criminal organisations/gangs", you could consider black-hat hackers / dark forces.

For "black-hat hackers" first see
https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-emerging-threats-what...
https://bestiphider.com/types-of-hackers/

For "dark forces" see some of the links at
https://www.bing.com/search?q=+"dark forces" "social media"

It is worth noting that not all abhorrent/immoral acts are illegal. This is particularly true in regard to new(ish) technology, such as the internet, websites, and social media.

13:28 Dec 29, 2019 

I wouldn't use "anti-social forces", it is not clear or intuitive. Also, it doesn't necessarily imply "criminal organizations", and is a wider category.

20:30 Dec 13, 2019 

I always get "yakuza" mixed up with "jacuzzi". Now I'm in hot water with the Japanese mafia.

19:01 Dec 13, 2019 

either "criminal forces" ("anti-criminals" are supposed to be the "good guys" - police etc.) or "anti-social forces".
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I can see why many Japanese sites would use "anti-social" - in the sense that these criminals are acting "against the society" / they are the "enemies of the society" - but "anti-social" in English is far milder and would cover almost anyone with unpleasant but not illegal behaviour - won't work.

BTW, that reminds me how "anti-social" was used in ex-communist countries - being branded "anti-social" wasn't to be taken lightly ... [end of digression]

16:55 Dec 13, 2019 

Can criminal forces be used?

16:35 Dec 13, 2019 

Many Japanese companies use anti-social forces at their websites, however few foreign companies use it.

16:06 Dec 13, 2019 

anti-social forces is 反社会的勢力, which means a gangster, etc.

Thank you for taking your time.

13:00 Dec 13, 2019 

Agree with all the above. They are no where near in meaning.

11:14 Dec 13, 2019 

agree with others. "anti-social" does NOT mean "anti-criminal" at all.

11:12 Dec 13, 2019 

I agree with Mark, too: criminal is very different from anti-social - much worse.

11:12 Dec 13, 2019 

I agree with Mark, too: criminal is very different from anti-social - much worse.

10:06 Dec 13, 2019 

agree with Mark Robertson, anti-social seems too wide whereas anti-criminal has the opposite sense. Do you wish to replace "criminal" with something perhaps less direct like "illicit" (e.g. organizations(groups) promoting(involved in) illicit behavior(activities)), or is there any other reason not to use "criminal organizations"?

09:56 Dec 13, 2019 

1. Anti-social forces is not a synonym of criminal organisations. Anti-social does not necessarily mean criminal and can involve relatively minor misdemeanors, e.g. littering, parking offences, making noise at night.
2. Anti-criminal forces presumably refers to the police and similar authorities.

08:53 Dec 13, 2019 

What does the Japanese say?
"Antisocial forces" doesn't mean very much to me, whereas "criminal organizations" makes perfect sense in the context.