bullyboy
Thug for hire
A bullyboy is a man hired to intimidate or rough up others—an enforcer or thug.
The term emphasizes physical menace in service of someone else's agenda: The landlord sent his bullyboys to collect the rent.
As an adjective, bullyboy describes aggressive, strong-arm tactics: bullyboy politics, bullyboy methods.
Violent criminal
- henchmanLoyal criminal subordinate
- goonEnforcer or simpleton
- muscleContractile body tissue
- heavyOf great mass
strongarm · enforcer · bruiser · tough · bouncer · roughneck · hoodlum · ruffian
Favoring absolute control
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
- tyrannicalExercising power unjustly
- dictatorialImposing absolute control
- despoticExercising absolute authority
oppressive · high-handed · imperious · coercive · controlling · browbeating · hectoring · intimidating
Authoritarian ultranationalist ideology adherent
- brownshirtFascist movement's violent enforcer
- stormtrooperParamilitary assault soldier
- paramilitaryUnofficial armed organization
- militiaNon-professional armed force
vigilante · scab · goon squad · union buster · hatchet man · operative · fixer · bagman
thug
Violent criminal
heavy · strongarm · enforcer · bruiser · tough · bouncer · roughneck · hoodlum · ruffian · hired muscle
authoritarian
Favoring absolute control
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
- tyrannicalExercising power unjustly
- dictatorialImposing absolute control
despotic · oppressive · high-handed · imperious · coercive · controlling · browbeating · hectoring · intimidating · threatening
fascist
Authoritarian ultranationalist ideology adherent
- brownshirtFascist movement's violent enforcer
- stormtrooperParamilitary assault soldier
- paramilitaryUnofficial armed organization
militia · vigilante · scab · goon squad · union buster · hatchet man · operative · fixer · bagman · apparatchik
bullyboymastermind
Scheme's chief planner
brains · puppet master · strategist · ringleader · boss
bullyboyprotector
One who safeguards others
defender · guardian · peacemaker · gentle giant · pacifist