(chiefly, US, informal, derogatory, idiomatic) A group of individuals serving as enforcers, bodyguards, assassins, and the like, especially persons hired for such a purpose and using violent, thuggish
(chiefly, US, informal, derogatory, idiomatic) A group of individuals serving as enforcers, bodyguards, assassins, and the like, especially persons hired for such a purpose and using violent, thuggish methods.
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(UK) A group of police officers who rush forward in formation so as to apprehend an individual from a crowd.
(slang) a henchman, a thug, a gangster, a goon.
The member of a group, especially of a gang, charged with keeping dissident members obedient.
(US, historical) A police intelligence unit specializing in infiltrating, conducting countermeasures, and gathering intelligence on political and social groups.
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“How did BestBuy's "Goon Squad" become a metonym?”
“Show me your papers! No, not those! What papers exactly are citizens supposed to carry that would satisfy the goon squad ?? Can he get a restraining order against the government goons?”
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(UK, informal) A group of bodyguards, enforcers, burly criminals or police, or similar heavies.