goon squad

A group of people hired or acting for the purposes of enforcement, protection, intimidation, and/or harassment on behalf of someone else. Primarily heard in US. After Mr. Smith refused to pay the mafia protection money, they sent a goon squad around to rough him up.

goon squad

1. n. an organized group of thugs; a gang of toughs. (Underworld.) The goon squad Mr. Big sent around scared the devil out of Wilmer.

2. n. the police. My old buddy on the goon squad tells me there’ll be some action over on Maple Street tonight.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Etsuko	e-tsoo-ko	Japanese
Porter	PAWR-tər	English
Nevada	nə-VAD-ə	English
Eirenaios	-	Ancient Greek
Bartolomeo	-	Italian
Hyacinth (2)	HIE-ə-sinth	English (Rare)