enforcer
noun
en·forc·er
in-ˈfȯr-sər 
en-
1
: one that enforces
2
a
: a violent criminal employed by a crime syndicate
especially
: hit man sense 1
b
: a player (as in ice hockey) known for rough play and fighting
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One of the main enforcers of H-2A rules, the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division, last year had one of the lowest levels of investigators since the H-2A program was launched in the 1980s, Rutgers University researchers found.
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Max Blau, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2025
Some of the officers under infamous former IRS enforcer Lois Lerner, the woman who aimed her agency’s auditing guns at conservative groups, are still active at the tax agency.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
In 1979, Congress passed a sweeping Amnesty Law that shielded both the regime’s enforcers and their opponents from prosecution.
—Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Bedoya, the sisters’ ally and enforcer, administers punishments mirroring their methods of control.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
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Max Blau, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2025
Some of the officers under infamous former IRS enforcer Lois Lerner, the woman who aimed her agency’s auditing guns at conservative groups, are still active at the tax agency.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
In 1979, Congress passed a sweeping Amnesty Law that shielded both the regime’s enforcers and their opponents from prosecution.
—Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Bedoya, the sisters’ ally and enforcer, administers punishments mirroring their methods of control.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for enforcer
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“Enforcer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enforcer. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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