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
Gunilla	gu-NIL-lah	Swedish
Philetos	-	Biblical Greek
Hyun-Jung	hyun-jung	Korean
Avksentiy	-	Russian
Cristiano	kree-STYAH-no (Italian), kreesh-TYA-noo (Portuguese)	Italian, Portuguese
Katarin	-	Breton