enforcer

noun

Definition of enforcernext
1
as in disciplinarian

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as in thug

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Recent Examples of enforcer Anderson also reached American audiences on screen, playing Ironbar, enforcer to Tina Turner’s Aunty Entity, opposite Mel Gibson in 1985’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2026 Naomi Watts stars as a midwife who uncovers a Russian prostitution ring that draws in the son of the godfather, played by Vincent Cassel, and an enforcer, played by Viggo Mortensen, in one of his best screen performances. — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026 Connor Clattenburg is a throwback player who can play agitator and enforcer and chip in with goals. — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Schweihs, who according to authorities spent decades as a reputed enforcer for the mob’s Grand Avenue street crew, died of cancer in 2008 while awaiting trial. — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for enforcer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enforcer
  1. disciplinarian
  2. thug
  3. taskmaster
  4. gangster
  5. dictator
  6. mobster
  7. tyrant
  8. racketeer
Noun
  • During his time with the Yankees, Mendoza was known as a disciplinarian behind the scenes, but the team loved and respected his hard coaching.
    — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • You are asked to be teachers, counselors, social workers, disciplinarians, mentors, advocates, crisis managers and emotional anchors for children navigating an increasingly complicated world.
    — Susana A. Mendoza, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
Definition of disciplinarian
Noun
  • The other was Albrecht Hohler, thirty, a Communist member of the paramilitary group the Red Front Fighters and well known locally as a particularly vicious thug—a petty criminal who had been released from jail only a few months earlier.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
  • These low-level thugs typically are not believed to be formally aligned with Iran.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of thug
Noun
  • Also known as the planet of structure, discipline and limitations, the taskmaster’s journey through Aries creates friction between our instincts and restraint.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • She is thrown into isolation before getting the opportunity to once again assimilate, Marc is a genuine taskmaster, but a dedicated defender publicly and to the cops about the legitimacy of his operation and its residents.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 15 May 2026
Definition of taskmaster
Noun
  • All those old Warner Brothers gangster movies were always playing on TV.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The Capone associates lined up six members of Moran's gang, and a seventh unaffiliated man who apparently liked hanging out with gangsters, against the north wall of the garage.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of gangster
Noun
  • Rodriguez cut ads accusing Salazar of being cozy with deceased dictator Fidel Castro.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The Tirana Pyramid, built by followers of the brutal dictator Enver Hoxha, who died in 1985, as his memorial, and turned into a public amenity by the Rotterdam firm MVRDV, was also damaged.
    — Fred A. Bernstein, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of dictator
Noun
  • Matt taking down the mobsters who wronged him may qualify as an understandable form of street justice, but his next move is unjustifiable.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In a rare lead role, one that gives him a frankly magnificent coat, Turturro adds to his late-career renaissance as an old-school pickpocket who runs afoul of a Gen-Z mobster.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of mobster
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  • He got obsessed with building an empire, started Solar Productions, and became a tyrant both on set and off.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Plato warned that an unhealthy democracy can easily fall prey to a tyrant.
    — Kenneth Michael White, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of tyrant
Noun
  • Rankin singles out the remarkable career of Sakai Eizo, a racketeer who founded the Great Japanese Order of Righteousness.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Of course, entrusting waste management to gangsters and racketeers has repercussions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 July 2026
Definition of racketeer

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