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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Travolta, now 70, and Jackson, now 75, starred as two enforcers working for mob boss Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames); Thurman costars as Marsellus' wife Mia.
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Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
Inside the vehicles were members of La Línea, a gang that served as enforcers for the Juárez cartel.
—Ieva Jusionyte, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
The United States Postal Inspection Service is the national enforcer for crimes related to mail theft, which is a federal crime.
—Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
The move comes as top enforcers at the Federal Trade Commission and the DOJ’s antitrust division are taking a close look at the multitrillion-dollar private equity industry under Biden Administration’s aggressive antitrust enforcement agenda.
—Leah Nylen, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
Algorithms might help hotels illegally collude on prices, even if no humans from those businesses actually talk to each other about them, according to US antitrust enforcers.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 28 Mar. 2024
When the General Data Protection Regulation came into effect in 2018, the enforcers were national privacy authorities who were under-resourced and understandably wary of getting into expensive legal battles with some of the world’s biggest companies.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
Yet, the next day, a city code enforcer and two police officers came to the church to hand code violations to Castro.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 24 Mar. 2024
A couple of the pivotal meeting scenes between Jake, Katagiri and Tozawa’s enforcer toward the end of this episode are the beginning scenes of the series in the original pilot.
—Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2024
Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
Inside the vehicles were members of La Línea, a gang that served as enforcers for the Juárez cartel.
—Ieva Jusionyte, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
The United States Postal Inspection Service is the national enforcer for crimes related to mail theft, which is a federal crime.
—Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
The move comes as top enforcers at the Federal Trade Commission and the DOJ’s antitrust division are taking a close look at the multitrillion-dollar private equity industry under Biden Administration’s aggressive antitrust enforcement agenda.
—Leah Nylen, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
Algorithms might help hotels illegally collude on prices, even if no humans from those businesses actually talk to each other about them, according to US antitrust enforcers.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 28 Mar. 2024
When the General Data Protection Regulation came into effect in 2018, the enforcers were national privacy authorities who were under-resourced and understandably wary of getting into expensive legal battles with some of the world’s biggest companies.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
Yet, the next day, a city code enforcer and two police officers came to the church to hand code violations to Castro.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 24 Mar. 2024
A couple of the pivotal meeting scenes between Jake, Katagiri and Tozawa’s enforcer toward the end of this episode are the beginning scenes of the series in the original pilot.
—Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Enforcer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enforcer. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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