strong-arm
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who threatens or intimidates others, especially on behalf of somebody else; a goon or enforcer.
adj
Example Sentences
- "One of the boss’ hangers-on Comes to call at times you least expect Try to bully ya—strong-arm you—inspire you with fear"
- "In a five-part series on the “Extremely Passive Aggressive Roommate,” Ms. Brier […] complains about her roomie coming home at 3:27 a.m.; strong-arms that roommate into renewing their lease and then welcomes a guest to “the common space.”"
- "It is difficult to summarise the arrogance, contempt, complacency and incompetence shown by the DfT in a scheme where it strong-armed the rail industry (in the form of the Rail Delivery Group) to 'front up'."
- "The CEO was often forced back into damage control mode, however, including denying reports from the Wall Street Journal earlier this year that X had strong-armed companies to advertise on the platform by threatening lawsuits against them."
- "There used to be a goon I knew in the Bronx—a tough mockie we used to call Yussel the Bricklayer—and you never saw a guy who was more screwed up. This guy Yussel would've been a strongarm for nothing, he enjoyed it so much."
- ""Some applications will fail. ORR does not need strong-arm tactics from DfT muddying the waters.""