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Enforcer

//ɪnˈfɔːsə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who enforces.
  2. 2
    one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior wordnet
  3. 3
    A hired strongman, especially working for the underworld.

    "At 199 centimetres and a hundred kilos going up, he was scary big and he found work as a bouncer and enforcer[.]"

  4. 4
    The member of a group, especially of a gang, charged with keeping dissident members obedient.
  5. 5
    A battering ram used by the emergency services for gaining access to locked premises. UK
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  1. 6
    A player who physically intimidates or confronts the opposition.

Etymology

From enforce + -er.

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