Goon-squad


noun
1.
a group of hired thugs used to perform ruthless or violent acts.

noun phrase

A group of ruffians •Used of the opposition by both sides in labor disputes: A few weeks later, another ”goon squad,” as they have been rightly labeled/ What some doctors deride as investigative ”goon squads” (mid-1930s+)

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