handrukkari
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hand + rukkari, approximately "he who collects debt using his hands".
Noun
[edit]handrukkari m (genitive singular handrukkara, nominative plural handrukkarar)
- a thug who collects debt (primarily on behalf of organized crime) using violence or threats of violence; a leg-breaker; an enforcer
Declension
[edit]| Declension of handrukkari | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | handrukkari | handrukkarinn | handrukkarar | handrukkararnir |
| accusative | handrukkara | handrukkarann | handrukkara | handrukkarana |
| dative | handrukkara | handrukkaranum | handrukkurum | handrukkurunum |
| genitive | handrukkara | handrukkarans | handrukkara | handrukkaranna |
Further reading
[edit]- “handrukkari” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)