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Recent Examples of enforcer
In 1979, Congress passed a sweeping Amnesty Law that shielded both the regime’s enforcers and their opponents from prosecution.
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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
That included playing the role of enforcer on the court when Clark took shots from opponents, leading to a flagrant 2 foul, ejection, and fine for Cunningham.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
If unwilling to meet Crystal Palace’s asking price for reliable enforcer Marc Guéhi—also a possible addition—Liverpool will be counting on the 18-year-old to step up as early as this season.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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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
That included playing the role of enforcer on the court when Clark took shots from opponents, leading to a flagrant 2 foul, ejection, and fine for Cunningham.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
If unwilling to meet Crystal Palace’s asking price for reliable enforcer Marc Guéhi—also a possible addition—Liverpool will be counting on the 18-year-old to step up as early as this season.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enforcer
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Mitevska also refuses to sanctify Mother Teresa more than necessary, instead portraying her as a strict disciplinarian who believed in organizational practicality as much as in the inherent holiness of children.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
27 Aug. 2025
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Considering his managers at Leeds included disciplinarians such as Wilkinson and George Graham, this was probably for the best.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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Girls were there and there were guys that were really extra on some thug, some goon sh*t.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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We’re then introduced to Louie, a thug who works for a loan shark, threatening and killing people.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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Cancer is a tough taskmaster, and doctors didn’t detect it early enough.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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For a man known around the Pentagon as a relentless, humorless taskmaster, McNamara seemed virtually unrecognizable on the party circuit, mingling casually with journalists, fellow government officials, and vivacious Georgetown hostesses.—
William Taubman,
Air Mail,
20 Sep. 2025
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In those times, young people who self-described as gangsters fought for territory, and one of their subversive acts was to tag the walls of the city with the verses of cumbia songs.—
Karla Gachet,
NPR,
3 Oct. 2025
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The gangster drama began airing on BBC Two in the UK in 2013, and debuted on Netflix a year later.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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The author understood how power works, and the lengths that people, classes, political parties and dictators would go to keep it.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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Declaring war on our nation’s cities and using our troops as political pawns is what dictators do.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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The illusion of Jake’s seemingly idyllic life is shattered by the return of his chaotic older brother Vince (Jason Bateman), who had fled the state years earlier to avoid repaying a hefty debt to menacing mobster Joe Mancuso (Troy Kotsur).—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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The police chief is in bed with mobsters.—
Zephyr Teachout,
The Atlantic,
22 Sep. 2025
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The light historical touch is no doubt necessary for a series trying to sell its viewers on a love story between a modern protagonist and a character originally based on a real-life historical tyrant.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Reynolds is a tetchy tyrant, who, enabled by his sister, Cyril (Lesley Manville), has embraced a need to have things just so as a means of warding off vulnerability.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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In a police photograph, Lansky stood next to racketeer Charles (Lucky) Luciano.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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In the other corner: Vito Genovese, Costello’s childhood friend and fellow racketeer, who had to leave town long ago because of a thing, and has now come home to resume his place in the Mafia hierarchy.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Enforcer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enforcer. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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