Meanings of hatchet man in English

It was one of the penalties for being the Don's hatchet man.

His fellow officers respected and feared him; he was Ike's unsmiling hatchet man.

So they're setting up Captain Zilwicki as their hatchet man.

Byrnes relished having a beautiful woman as his hatchet man.

George McGrath used to cut off people's telephone lines as BT's hatchet man in Belfast.

The film stars George Clooney as a corporate hatchet man who fires people for a living.

He developed a reputation in business as a builder, not a turnaround artist or corporate hatchet man.

He's Torreon's top hatchet man, Scourby said.

And I was Mab's hatchet man.

But, whether she liked the political survivor-slash- hatchet man or not, he was high up in the department, so Heat answered.

Describing Mr Laws as the " hatchet man", Mr Clarke said he had already discussed cuts in his own department.

Because you don't send a potentially dangerous criminal element to live with your hatchet man if you want to rehabilitate him.

Strangely, the same image of David Thacker had made its way into the hands of every major columnist and hatchet man the city over.

He signed it over Ickes's protests... Ickes's father was FDR's Secretary of the Interior & his hatchet man... Ickes is famous for his tantrums...

Hatchet men then were to rush in and clear the gaps.

Wouldn't do for Mr. Hatchet Man to catch her naked.