Translations

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Examples

1 sentences

  1. The mob enforcer kept a pair of brass knuckles in his coat pocket.

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Meaning

5 senses

  1. One who enforces.

  2. The member of a group, especially of a gang, charged with keeping dissident members obedient.

  3. A player who physically intimidates or confronts the opposition.

More meanings 2

  1. A hired strongman, especially working for the underworld.

  2. (UK)A battering ram used by the emergency services for gaining access to locked premises.

More definitions
  • one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior

Forms

plural: enforcers
Singularenforcer
Pluralenforcers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
A player who physically intimidates or confronts the…:policemanA2

Word family

2 related words
Relatedenforce
Derivedlaw-enforcer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
energizeenergyB2enforceB2enforcementengageB1engagementB2engenderC2engineB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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