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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Burke said no short-term visas had been granted for the tournament to any members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), hardline enforcers who impose regime orders in Iran.
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Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
There was another allegation that some jailers enlisted a prisoner to serve as an enforcer and to kind of try to keep the other prisoners in line.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
The next commissioner will also have to grapple with Jewish intellectuals, artists and activists like Hefets, who say that Germany’s antisemitism enforcers are suppressing Jewish voices that don’t fall in line.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
Faber, for his part, was happy to play enforcer even for just a minute or so.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026
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Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
There was another allegation that some jailers enlisted a prisoner to serve as an enforcer and to kind of try to keep the other prisoners in line.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
The next commissioner will also have to grapple with Jewish intellectuals, artists and activists like Hefets, who say that Germany’s antisemitism enforcers are suppressing Jewish voices that don’t fall in line.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
Faber, for his part, was happy to play enforcer even for just a minute or so.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026
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