enforcer

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Etymology

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From enforce +‎ -er.

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Noun

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enforcer (plural enforcers)

  1. One who enforces.
  2. A hired strongman, especially working for the underworld.
    • 2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 117:
      At 199 centimetres and a hundred kilos going up, he was scary big and he found work as a bouncer and enforcer[.]
  3. The member of a group, especially of a gang, charged with keeping dissident members obedient.
  4. (UK) A battering ram used by the emergency services for gaining access to locked premises.
  5. (ice hockey, rugby, Australian rules football) A player who physically intimidates or confronts the opposition.
    Synonym: policeman

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