TRIAD

Triad

Triad refers to the many branches of Chinese transnational organized crime organizations based in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and also in countries with significant Chinese populations, such as the Philippines, Indonesia,Malaysia, Singapore, Siam, Japan, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

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triad

Noun

  1. A grouping of three.
  2. A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale.
  3. on a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.
  4. A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.


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