goon squad
goon squad noun: a group of individuals serving as enforcers, bodyguards, assassins, and the like, especially persons hired for such a purpose and using violent, thuggish methods.
Noun
goon squad (plural goon squads)
- A group of individuals serving as enforcers, bodyguards, assassins, and the like, especially persons hired for such a purpose and using violent, thuggish methods.
- He denied charges that the union was using "goon squads," as strong-arm detachments are called on the West Coast, and asserted that any violence was provoked by the employers.1938 September 9, Russell B. Porter, “Unionists Battle Store Employes in San Francisco”, in New York Times, page 9
- No one has ever accused Uganda's mercurial President Idi ("Big Daddy") Amin Dada of running a democracy. . . . In Kampala, the capital, much of the terror is committed by Big Daddy's personal goon squad, the 3,000-man Public Safety Unit.1974 June 17, “Shooting the Moon”, in Time
Forms of goon squad
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Questions about goon squad
- What does goon squad mean?
- Goon squad means a group of individuals serving as enforcers, bodyguards, assassins, and the like, especially persons hired for such a purpose and using violent, thuggish methods.
- What part of speech is goon squad?
- Goon squad is a noun.
- What is the plural of goon squad?
- The plural of goon squad is goon squads.
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