The mob enforcer kept a pair of brass knuckles in his coat pocket.
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Enforcer
/ɪnˈfɔːsə/
Synonyms for "enforcer" (74 found)
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Verb(1 words)
keeps order
Noun(15 words)
maulersmobstermobstersnorm enforcerpolice officerpolicy enforcerramrodregorregulatorrestrainerrule enforcerstandards enforcerthugstotalitarianswhips
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6 entriescampus monitorcourt bailiffethics officerpolice officerpolicy administratorsecurity guard
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6 entriescompliance enforcerdiscipline enforcerenforcer of rulesrule enforcerstandards enforcerstrict enforcer
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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.
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At 199 centimetres and a hundred kilos going up, he was scary big and he found work as a bouncer and enforcer[.]
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