Enforcer
/ɪnˈfɔːsə/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who enforces.
- 2 one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior wordnet
- 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 The member of a group, especially of a gang, charged with keeping dissident members obedient.
- 5 A battering ram used by the emergency services for gaining access to locked premises. UK
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- 6 A player who physically intimidates or confronts the opposition.
Example
More examples"The mob enforcer kept a pair of brass knuckles in his coat pocket."
Etymology
From enforce + -er.