legbreakers

Violent loan enforcers

Legbreakers are enforcers who collect debts through intimidation or violence—the threat being literal broken legs.

The term evokes loan sharks and organized crime: The bookie sent his legbreakers when I couldn't pay.

By extension, any intimidating collection effort: The IRS isn't sending legbreakers, but they will garnish your wages.

enforcement

loan sharks

Illegal high-interest lenders

muscle · intimidation · debt · threats · kneecapping · baseball bats · protection racket · mob · organized crime · goons

exercise

squats

Lowering exercises for legs

burpees · box jumps · wall sits · step-ups · hill sprints · HIIT · muscle fatigue · lactic acid · soreness · intensity

dance

drops

Descends or releases

freezes · windmills · spins · hip-hop · krumping · stunts · acrobatics · flexibility · contortion · splits

Opposites
method of debt collection

legbreakersmediators

Conflict resolution facilitators

arbitrators · collection agencies · bailiffs · lawyers · ombudsmen

interpersonal approach

legbreakersdiplomats

Foreign government representatives

peacemakers · negotiators · conciliators · healers · caregivers

moral/ethical stance

legbreakersprotectors

Those who guard others

guardians · rescuers · guardian angels · defenders · humanitarians

Family

legs, legged, legging, leggings, break, breaks, breaker, breakers, breaking

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13