a hatchet man



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
See also: hatchet, man

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LillaLEEL-lawHungarian
Mcmullen[mək'mʌlin]
Iman-Arabic, Persian, Indonesian
Judita-Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak
Devraj-Indian, Hindi
Heli (1)-Biblical, Biblical Latin