a hatchet man

(informal)

someone who is employed by an organization to make changes that people do not like The hatchet man is called in whenever a company needs to reduce its staff.

See bury the hatchet

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Persis	-	Biblical, Biblical Greek
Labhrainn	-	Scottish
Jackson	JAK-sən	English
Carlo	KAHR-lo	Italian
Warin	-	Ancient Germanic
Rayna (2)	-	Yiddish