Associations to the word «Enforcer»

Wiktionary

ENFORCER, noun. One who enforces.
ENFORCER, noun. The member of a group, especially of a gang, charged with keeping dissident members obedient.
ENFORCER, noun. (ice hockey) A player tasked with physically intimidating or confronting the opposition.

Dictionary definition

ENFORCER, noun. One whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats