Synonyms for enforcer
ɛnˈfɔr sər, -ˈfoʊr-en·forcer

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1. hatchet man, enforcernoun

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

   Synonyms:
   hatchet man, iceman

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1. List of paraphrases for "enforcer":

   henchman, gorilla, goon, implementer, strongman, executor

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How to use enforcer in a sentence?

1. Amy Ray:

   Any enforcer or litigant will need to navigate U.S. monopolization law as it stands, which has rarely been done successfully since the Microsoft antitrust case.

2. Dennis Kelleher:

   The SEC has failed the American people by repeatedly selecting Wall Street defense lawyers as Directors of Enforcement, they come to the SEC with needless and unhelpful baggage, including crippling conflicts of interest regarding current and past clients as well as a mindset...ill-suited to being an aggressive enforcer.

3. Ted Cruz:

   The focus needs to be on Hunter Biden, this is not about Hunter Biden, any more than if you're going after the mafia and you catch some low-level enforcer, or you're going after a drug cartel and you catch some mule who swallowed balloons full of heroin.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   It was part of a strategy; I think that strategy is no longer workable, so therefore I think we have to go back to being a much less harsh and aggressive enforcer.

5. Earl Woods:

   My dad was always the person who would plant seeds and give me encouragement but also would say things that would fester inside me that wouldn't come to fruition for a while, he was very worldly and deep in his thinking. My mom was the enforcer. My dad may have been in the Special Forces, but I was never afraid of him. My mom's still here, and I'm still deathly afraid of her. She's a very tough, tough old lady, very demanding. She was the hand, she was the one, I love her so much, but she was tough.