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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Quick-Draw Mike (James Marsden) is tired of being a criminal enforcer and taking out people who don’t pay up.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Another of Fisk’s enforcers, the British ex-military Buck Cashman (Arty Froushan), comes into his suavely despicable own.
—Bob Strauss, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
Another of Fisk’s enforcers, the British ex-military Buck Cashman (Arty Froushan), comes into his suavely despicable own.
—Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
Besides Hardy’s Alfie Solomons, the other major question in the lead-up to The Immortal Man involved Paul Anderson’s Arthur Shelby, the unhinged, brutish enforcer who loyally served his brother Tommy and the rest of the Peaky Blinders.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Another of Fisk’s enforcers, the British ex-military Buck Cashman (Arty Froushan), comes into his suavely despicable own.
—Bob Strauss, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
Another of Fisk’s enforcers, the British ex-military Buck Cashman (Arty Froushan), comes into his suavely despicable own.
—Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
Besides Hardy’s Alfie Solomons, the other major question in the lead-up to The Immortal Man involved Paul Anderson’s Arthur Shelby, the unhinged, brutish enforcer who loyally served his brother Tommy and the rest of the Peaky Blinders.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
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“Enforcer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enforcer. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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