The mob enforcer kept a pair of brass knuckles in his coat pocket.
Source: tatoeba (10795816)
Enforcer
//ɪnˈfɔːsə//
Synonyms for "enforcer" (41 found)
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3 translations across 2 languages.
French
2 entries- exécuteur noun (one who enforces)
- homme de main noun (member of a group charged with keeping dissident members obedient)
Hungarian
1 entries- verőember noun (member of a group charged with keeping dissident members obedient)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The Federal Electoral Institute gained autonomy from the government in 1996, and has acted as a guarantor of elections and an enforcer of election law ever since.
Source: tatoeba (11878296)
At 199 centimetres and a hundred kilos going up, he was scary big and he found work as a bouncer and enforcer[.]
Source: wiktionary
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