leg breaker
Debt collection thug
A leg breaker is someone who uses physical violence to collect debts or enforce compliance, typically working for loan sharks or organized crime.
The term evokes the specific threat of breaking bones as punishment for nonpayment: The bookie sent his leg breaker to collect.
More broadly, any enforcer or intimidator: corporate leg breakers.
One who ensures compliance
- muscleContractile body tissue
- hitmanProfessional paid murderer
- mafiaCriminal organization using intimidation
- gangsterCriminal organization member
loan shark · collector · underboss · consigliere · wiseguy · made man · syndicate · don
Violent offensive act
- batteryPortable electricity storage
- fractureSplit in hard material
- kneecappingInjuring joints punitively
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
attack · brutality · aggression · blunt force · baseball bat · crowbar · injury · trauma
Deliberate fear-inducing pressure
- threatIndication of potential harm
- menaceSource of potential harm
- strong-armingPressuring through threats
- extortionObtaining through threats
pressure · duress · arm-twisting · enforcement · compulsion · shakedown · warning · ultimatum
enforcer
One who ensures compliance
- muscleContractile body tissue
- hitmanProfessional paid murderer
- mafiaCriminal organization using intimidation
gangster · loan shark · collector · underboss · consigliere · wiseguy · made man · syndicate · don · henchman
assault
Violent offensive act
- batteryPortable electricity storage
- fractureSplit in hard material
- kneecappingInjuring joints punitively
beating · attack · brutality · aggression · blunt force · baseball bat · crowbar · injury · trauma · crippling
intimidation
Deliberate fear-inducing pressure
- threatIndication of potential harm
- menaceSource of potential harm
- strong-armingPressuring through threats
extortion · pressure · duress · arm-twisting · enforcement · compulsion · shakedown · warning · ultimatum · leverage
- tough guystough guys, tough guy, thug, thugs, enforcer
- loan sharksloan shark, shylock, vig, vigorish, juice
- brawlersbrawler, bruiser, fighter, scrapper, street fighter
- hired killersassassin, hitman, sicario, contract killer, hired gun
leg breakerdiplomat
Official foreign representative
mediator · peacemaker · negotiator · arbitrator · conciliator
leg breakerpublic defender
Attorney representing those unable to afford one
social worker · legal aid attorney · civil rights lawyer · victim advocate · patient advocate
leg, break, breaker, legs, legged, leggy, legging, leggings, breaks