Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - hatchet man
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(hatchet men) You can refer to someone who makes changes in an organization by getting rid of lots of people as a hatchet man, especially if you think they do so in an unnecessarily harsh way. (INFORMAL) N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Date: 1880 1. one hired for murder, coercion, or attack 2. a. a writer specializing in invective b. a person hired to perform underhanded or unscrupulous tasks (as ruin reputations) ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. ам. разг. (наемный) убийца, бандит 2. ам. разг. журналист, не останавливающийся перед клеветой, подтасовкой фактов и т. п. 3. ам. разг. человек, выполняющий грязную работу (по поручению какого-л. политикана и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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{n.}, {colloquial} 1. A politician or newspaper columnist whose job is to write and say unfavorable things about the opposition. * /Bill Lerner is the hatchet man for the Mayor's Party; he smears all the other candidates regularly./ 2. An executive officer in a firm whose job it is to fire superfluous personnel, cut back on the budget, etc., in short, to do the necessary but unpleasant things. * /The firm hired Cranhart to be hatchet man; his title is that of Executive Vice President./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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