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Recent Examples of enforcer
Roughly 150 law enforcers were injured in the melee.
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Ian Swanson, The Hill, 10 June 2025
Nicolás Maduro and his enforcers are running a criminal narco-terrorist dictatorship that jails political opponents, tortures dissidents, and crushes any hope of free expression.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2025
Those other states could join forces to reaffirm the prohibition on territorial conquest without relying on the United States as its chief enforcer.
—Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
The media should be focusing on why Immigration and Customs Enforcement enforcers are being attacked.
—Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
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Ian Swanson, The Hill, 10 June 2025
Nicolás Maduro and his enforcers are running a criminal narco-terrorist dictatorship that jails political opponents, tortures dissidents, and crushes any hope of free expression.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2025
Those other states could join forces to reaffirm the prohibition on territorial conquest without relying on the United States as its chief enforcer.
—Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
The media should be focusing on why Immigration and Customs Enforcement enforcers are being attacked.
—Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enforcer
Noun
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By several accounts, Xi was a ferocious disciplinarian.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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He was variously depicted as both a strict disciplinarian and also an emotionally intelligent father figure to the players.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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According to reporting from the Clermont Sun, Fike tweeted ‘#thug the new n word’ in April 2015 and ‘Thug life = thug treatment = no pity from me’ in July 2019.—
James Wilkins,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 July 2025
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These scenes evoke images of government thugs in violent regimes disappearing opponents.—
Christy Lopez Guest,
Mercury News,
5 July 2025
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On July 13, taskmaster Saturn will station retrograde in Aries, presenting the opportunity to recalibrate and refocus.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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Revolutionize management: Move from taskmaster to coach.—
Lori Huss,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Alfredo’s lifelong business partner and small-time gangster Annibale (Marco Giallini) even sees it as his chance to ask Lorella on a date.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
8 July 2025
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Where to watch: Tubi 'Sinners' Ryan Coogler's sinfully good period musical gangster vampire horror flick is one of the best movies of the year, period.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 July 2025
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The uniform marks him as a firefighter from the old regime of dictator Bashar al-Assad, who was ousted in December 2024 after a nearly 14-year civil war.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
10 July 2025
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Talks between Israel and Syria are ongoing, which would have been unthinkable during the reign of former dictator Bashar al-Assad, whose partnership with Iran and insistence that Israel hand over the Golan Heights to Damascus in exchange for normalization nipped any détente in the bud.—
Daniel R. DePetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Following Bullets, Cordero played the title character’s husband in Waitress, as well as a mobster in A Bronx Tale.—
Erica Marrison,
People.com,
5 July 2025
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A lot of things have changed in the 100 years since prohibition empowered Al Capone and other mobsters to get rich selling booze on the black market.—
Alyssa Miller Hurley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 July 2025
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The message would then be clear: The Russian tyrant won’t break Ukraine.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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King George is a tyrant who is unfit to lead people.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
4 July 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 22 Jul. 2025.
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