enforcers

plural of enforcer

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enforcers
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026
  • People have committed suicide because a bunch of thugs went after them.
    NBC news, NBC news, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • Work is work, and there’s writerly reward, too, in daily encounters with a diverse range of taskmasters across all social groups.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Neither immigrant family should be linked to violent gangsters, of course.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
  • One of the most innovative gangsters of the 20th century, Frank Lucas earned the title of Harlem drug kingpin in the late-‘60s and early-‘70s by importing high-quality heroin from Southeast Asia and selling it under the street name Blue Magic.
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
Noun
  • 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.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 June 2026
  • 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.
    Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • In addition to the hundreds of pounds of meth, investigators also found $3,200 of cash, a money counter, a digital scale and multiple guns.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • The 9th Circuit upheld that measure in principle but said California went too far by requiring the owner to post a prominent sign expressly authorizing guns.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • An America where justice brings down oppressors and lifts up the ordinary.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
  • And did the advocates of this collective pedagogy imagine their children rising to heights of power, only to view the darker nations of the world through the same violent lens as their oppressors?
    Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • The characters were based on a real family of bookmakers and racketeers who once lived in England.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 5 Mar. 2026
  • When Ferrara was starting out, private investment in low-budget films was spurred by tax loopholes, a way for doctors, dentists, and racketeers to get rid of extra cash that would otherwise wind up in Uncle Sam’s grubby mitts.
    Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Enforcers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enforcers. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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