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Recent Examples of enforcer
Former Bruins enforcer Lyndon Byers, who died in 2025 at the age of 61, suffered from stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
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Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2026
Robinson is New York’s rim protector and glass-cleaner, a vertical spacing threat and emotional enforcer all-in-one.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
Sacha Boisvert has a chance to be the Hawks’ future enforcer.
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Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
The enforcer handcuffed me and shoved me into the same car, again forcing my head between my knees.
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Abraham Jiménez Enoa,
The Dial,
19 May 2026
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Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2026
Robinson is New York’s rim protector and glass-cleaner, a vertical spacing threat and emotional enforcer all-in-one.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
Sacha Boisvert has a chance to be the Hawks’ future enforcer.
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Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
The enforcer handcuffed me and shoved me into the same car, again forcing my head between my knees.
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Abraham Jiménez Enoa,
The Dial,
19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enforcer
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You are asked to be teachers, counselors, social workers, disciplinarians, mentors, advocates, crisis managers and emotional anchors for children navigating an increasingly complicated world.
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Early in the film, as Joe was assembling the Jackson 5 with Michael and his brothers, Joe is depicted as a harsh disciplinarian who brutally beats young Michael with a belt.
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Ditto Hugh Jackman’s unerring performance — perhaps his finest dramatic work yet — as a savage, unfeeling thug and unrepentant murderer and thief.
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The actions of these thugs, who should be imprisoned for a long while, is the cause of denying real Knicks fans the chance to watch the game communally.
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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.
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Embree was never an in-your-face taskmaster.
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Neither immigrant family should be linked to violent gangsters, of course.
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By telling a relatively straightforward story that blends real people from the era of the Gotti Mafia family with imagined characters, Martin Scorsese's dramedy biopic about a kid who falls in love with the gangster life is as even-keeled as anything the director has made.
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Italy’s triumph over Czechoslovakia in the 1934 final which strengthened the regime of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, for example.
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One depicts Putin being cradled in the arms of the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.
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In Breaking Bear, a family of furry forest dwellers use everything in their power — including high explosives and drug money — to fight the frackers, mobsters, and a monstrous wolf pack threatening to destroy their home.
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One of the trailers has some shots of Vanessa Williams posing as a dead body, much like the mobster and his wife at the start of the movie.
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Aegon, dragged out of King’s Landing by spymaster Lord Larys Strong (Matthew Needham) in an effort to save him from the fratricidal Aemond, gets an up-close look at the petty tyrants who have sprouted up in the countryside thanks to his impetuous rule.
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Examples range from businesses like Enron, Tyco, and Bernie Madoff, along with historical tyrants like Stalin or Hitler to modern figures like Putin, and industries like tobacco that knowingly harm users for profit.
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Ferro pleaded guilty in October 2025 to conspiracy to participate in a racketeer influenced and corrupt organization.
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The characters were based on a real family of bookmakers and racketeers who once lived in England.
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“Enforcer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enforcer. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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