enforcer

Etymology

enforce + -er

noun

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

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