hatchet man

noun

Definition of hatchet mannext
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as in attack dog

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as in wordmonger

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Recent Examples of hatchet man While he was sent by the White House to be a hatchet man, Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon, should use a scalpel with care, conducting a real, legitimate probe that seeks ways to save money for taxpayers and improve outcomes for patients. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026 In 2010, the duo separated, going opposite directions; Malice sought repentance through the church while Pusha became a hatchet man for Kanye West. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025 Arthur is known as Conkling’s hatchet man, a customs collector for the Port of New York who’s shown, in one amusing snippet, presiding over the beating of a noncompliant businessman. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025 The White House and its hatchet men attacking culture are coming for the artists, curators, museum directors, docents, writers, and editors who value freedom and liberation and Black history and women’s history and ideas and progress. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 Back home, more pink slips for federal employees go out and the scrutiny of Elon Musk's role as the hatchet man for those agencies intensifies. — CBS News, 16 Feb. 2025 Musician and producer Grimes made a rare comment involving her ex-partner and father to her three kids, Elon Musk, after their 4-year-old son appeared alongside the tech mogul turned government hatchet man at the White House on Wednesday. — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatchet man
  1. attack dog
  2. ghostwriter
  3. pit bull
  4. scribbler
  5. tiger
  6. hack
  7. biographer
  8. cowriter
Noun
  • Hochul's policy of ignoring Blakemen left Mamdani to act as her attack dog.
    — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Continue reading … -- POLITICS 'BAD LOOK' – Newsom's attack dog taunts Buttigieg over South Carolina visit as 2028 fight heats up.
    — , FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of attack dog
Noun
  • Throughout Goblikon’s rise to fame, Rispoli has remained his ghostwriter.
    — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But by the end of the movie, Verity is dead and her publishing empire has been usurped by her ghostwriter.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of ghostwriter
Noun
  • An Orange County woman is facing federal criminal charges after being accused of luring a pit bull puppy underneath her minivan and running it over in an incident that was caught on video.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
  • The family’s pit bull Roscoe also died in the blaze, Diaz said.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of pit bull
Noun
  • The internet and smartphone threatened to stamp out scribblers entirely.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • All remaining scribblers should lay down their squibs and come out, squinting, arms aloft in surrender.
    — Jayson Greene, Time, 17 June 2025
Definition of scribbler
Noun
  • Kanye also went the monochromatic black route in a high neck leather jacket, matching slouchy leather pants, a belt with a huge gold tiger buckle, and combat boots.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Every facet of India’s topography, from lush grasslands filled with antelopes to gnarled forests with tigers and evil spirits lurking around every corner, is on full display.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of tiger
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  • The French government summoned Iran's ambassador Tuesday morning after Paris said Monday that the findings of an investigation laid the blame for the hacks on Shahid Kaveh, an affiliate of the cyber unit of the powerful Revolutionary Guard Corps.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The attacks on the French grocery store chains were followed weeks later by similar hacks affecting refrigerators and freezers at supermarkets in Belgium, Luxembourg and Sweden.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of hack
Noun
  • According to Capra biographer Sam Wasson, the 83-year-old director made the trip from Southern California and sent along his own print to screen.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • All this challenges a biographer who would plumb Casey’s decades as chief executive.
    — Marc Levinson, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of biographer
Noun
  • But that moment wouldn’t hold so much power if Pawlikowski—with the help of his cowriter, Hendrik Handloegten—weren’t so skilled at sketching in the feathery details leading up to it.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
  • As the cowriter, director, and star of the Leonard Bernstein drama, Cooper was ever-present during the awards campaign.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of cowriter

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