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Recent Examples of enforcer
If unwilling to meet Crystal Palace’s asking price for reliable enforcer Marc Guéhi—also a possible addition—Liverpool will be counting on the 18-year-old to step up as early as this season.
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Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Those promises are made out of convenience and in order to encourage enforcers to approve a deal.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Still, the first—and often most difficult—step is convincing campus international student services offices, which function as frontline immigration enforcers.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Aug. 2025
The pair want to open a diner together to provide for their children, but when Ray attempts to quit his post as a mob enforcer, his boss turns violent in a crusade against him — and involves Audrey and the children in the perilous battle.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 28 July 2025
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Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Those promises are made out of convenience and in order to encourage enforcers to approve a deal.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Still, the first—and often most difficult—step is convincing campus international student services offices, which function as frontline immigration enforcers.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Aug. 2025
The pair want to open a diner together to provide for their children, but when Ray attempts to quit his post as a mob enforcer, his boss turns violent in a crusade against him — and involves Audrey and the children in the perilous battle.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enforcer
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Mitevska also refuses to sanctify Mother Teresa more than necessary, instead portraying her as a strict disciplinarian who believed in organizational practicality as much as in the inherent holiness of children.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
27 Aug. 2025
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By several accounts, Xi was a ferocious disciplinarian.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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We’re then introduced to Louie, a thug who works for a loan shark, threatening and killing people.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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Their neighbor, an older Jewish woman, gets arrested and Nazi thugs brazenly loot her apartment.—
Rabih Alameddine
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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The mercurial chef was a stern taskmaster who demanded the absolute best from everyone who worked for him.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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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
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There’s also a tropical storm circulating, as if the gangsters flew in from the tropics.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Others are new, building on a genuinely fresh and funny revelation that explains not only a cold open involving yakuza gangsters half a world away in Osaka, but also why this quaint town is sitting on a stash of weaponry big enough to overthrow the governments of several small nations.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2025
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Her party, the Brothers of Italy, was founded by followers of former dictator Benito Mussolini as a post-fascist movement following WWII.—
Dan Gooding
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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For Machado and the Venezuelan opposition, embracing a narrative in which Maduro is a drug lord, not just a dictator, is a bit of a gamble.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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In 1985, Tortora was accused by several alleged ex-mobsters turned informants and state witnesses of being part of a Neapolitan crime syndicate dedicated to drug trafficking.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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He's Sofia's mobster husband who starts out as a suspect in Lester’s death before suddenly vanishing.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Sep. 2025
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McDaniel has never been a screamer or a tyrant like some old-school coaches.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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The tyrant dies and his rule is over.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
11 Sep. 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 19 Sep. 2025.
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