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Originally Posted by King Kabuki
It's just as assinine to assume completely the other way. Samurai were the Soldiers of their era. Despite that the Bushido wasn't romantically defined until around Tokugawa, it doesn't mean they didn't have standards of ethics. Class systems were what feudal Japan was based on and traditionally while as hypocritical as any other class in many senses, the Samurai who were more like you described were typically Ronin. Samurai with no work.
The class of people who more fit your description of "Mafia thugs", were Ninja. They'd do anything for money once they established themselves as the antithesis of Samurai.
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Or just yojimbo/yakuza... there were plenty of them theiving, doing pirate things.