crusher

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From crush +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɹʌʃə/

Noun

crusher (plural crushers)

1. Someone or something that crushes.
2. A machine designed to crush rocks.
3. (slang) A policeman.
   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 110:

     Back in the lobby he bought a copy of Time but didn't like the way the plain-clothes crushers' looked at him, and left.