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Meanings of strong-armer in English

Portuguese
malfeitor

An aggressive and violent young criminal.

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      Examples for "tough"
      Examples for "tough"
      1
      But tough conditions could continue for longer in some regions, he said.
      Reuters
      2
      The Hungarian parliament last week passed tough new legislation on illegal immigrants.
      Radio NZ
      3
      However, the rest of the national daily market suffered a tough October.
      The Guardian
      4
      Talk to the public information officer. Abrams' voice belied his tough talk.
      A farewell to legs: an aaron tucker mystery
      5
      They have responded to the tough sugar market conditions in different ways.
      Reuters
      1
      The changes do not represent the introduction of new under-the-hood search technology.
      Reuters
      2
      And you have this long hood sort of connoting power and engine.
      Wired
      3
      He casually placed one hand on the hood and said, Nice car.
      Haunted
      4
      A second later another went by, this time ending at the hood.
      Dead beat
      5
      The power control module is the only thing visible under the hood.
      Wired
      1
      As for Bolton, he defines 'punk' in terms of how it looks.
      BBC
      2
      The punk-at-heart trio won't stop making new music anytime soon, Armstrong says.
      Reuters
      3
      The parasite is not just a punk out having a good time.
      Snow Crash
      4
      That's why it's often compared to the punk rock movement, he said.
      Wired
      5
      What he cherished about punk four decades ago was the DIY aspect.
      The Guardian
      1
      The police and thug violence became a regular fixture of anti-government protests.
      The Guardian
      2
      This isn't one of the usual thug crime capers they're used to.
      Death angel
      3
      Sherman was most concerned by the people who called him a thug.
      Ebony
      4
      People often still see him as the thug he portrayed in Tsotsi.
      The South African
      5
      Don't tell me the Brotherhood can't deal with a single lowborn thug.
      Shadow's son
      1
      So why on Earth would that corporate goon have said five years?
      The unincorporated man
      2
      We play with the cards and drink goon.Night-life is not so good.
      News.com.au
      3
      RELATED: Australia's chaotic border rules explained South Australians invented the goon bag.
      News.com.au
      4
      Next to me, Ralph got a similar treatment from Alex the goon.
      Mission road
      5
      You underestimated me when you sent the goon squad out last night.
      Broken angels
      1
      Korshak had numerous associations that gave him purchase with Chicago's hoodlum crowd.
      The outfit: the role of chicago's underworld in the shaping of m...
      2
      He had been a hoodlum there, and had helped to hang Chinese.
      White Shadows in the South Seas
      3
      He's a young hoodlum who makes it big and then he's erased.
      The Irish Times
      4
      Whereupon seven hoodlum students waited a decent moment, then shrieked with laughter.
      Active Service
      5
      Billy was a mucker, a hoodlum, a gangster, a thug, a tough.
      The Mucker
      1
      She was a toughie, lived in our street, I used to write mash notes to.
      Three Soldiers
      2
      She's a toughie! This is her weekly workout routine, which includes one rest day on Sundays.
      News.com.au
      3
      It was a toughie, but you came through.
      The drawing of the three
      4
      She was the toughie in the family.
      Beer is proof God loves us
      5
      Well, air resistance makes that a toughie.
      The Big U
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