hatchet man

noun

Definition of hatchet mannext
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as in attack dog

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as in wordmonger

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Recent Examples of hatchet man While he was sent by the White House to be a hatchet man, Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon, should use a scalpel with care, conducting a real, legitimate probe that seeks ways to save money for taxpayers and improve outcomes for patients. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026 In 2010, the duo separated, going opposite directions; Malice sought repentance through the church while Pusha became a hatchet man for Kanye West. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025 Arthur is known as Conkling’s hatchet man, a customs collector for the Port of New York who’s shown, in one amusing snippet, presiding over the beating of a noncompliant businessman. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025 The White House and its hatchet men attacking culture are coming for the artists, curators, museum directors, docents, writers, and editors who value freedom and liberation and Black history and women’s history and ideas and progress. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 Back home, more pink slips for federal employees go out and the scrutiny of Elon Musk's role as the hatchet man for those agencies intensifies. — CBS News, 16 Feb. 2025 Musician and producer Grimes made a rare comment involving her ex-partner and father to her three kids, Elon Musk, after their 4-year-old son appeared alongside the tech mogul turned government hatchet man at the White House on Wednesday. — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatchet man
  1. attack dog
  2. ghostwriter
  3. pit bull
  4. scribbler
  5. tiger
  6. hack
  7. biographer
  8. cowriter
Noun
  • Hochul's policy of ignoring Blakemen left Mamdani to act as her attack dog.
    — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Continue reading … -- POLITICS 'BAD LOOK' – Newsom's attack dog taunts Buttigieg over South Carolina visit as 2028 fight heats up.
    — , FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of attack dog
Noun
  • Throughout Goblikon’s rise to fame, Rispoli has remained his ghostwriter.
    — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But by the end of the movie, Verity is dead and her publishing empire has been usurped by her ghostwriter.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of ghostwriter
Noun
  • According to the indictment, the father and son had been involved in buying, selling, breeding and training pit bull-type dogs for dogfighting since at least April 2016.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • These were two pit bull attorneys who’d stood up to companies wrongly trying to kick Floridians out of their homes.
    — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of pit bull
Noun
  • The internet and smartphone threatened to stamp out scribblers entirely.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • All remaining scribblers should lay down their squibs and come out, squinting, arms aloft in surrender.
    — Jayson Greene, Time, 17 June 2025
Definition of scribbler
Noun
  • Earlier this month, a man in the UK was killed by a tiger after entering the animal’s enclosure at a wildlife park.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Images provided by the researchers show the sleeve displaying photos of tigers, parrots and classical marble statues, all with a fuzzy but passable resolution.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of tiger
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  • The hack has not affected disbursement or eligibility of grants or scholarships administered through the website, according to the department.
    — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Instagram accounts like @carolyn_iconic, @allforcarolyn, @carolynbessettekennedy and @cbklookbook offer fashion hacks.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of hack
Noun
  • According to Capra biographer Sam Wasson, the 83-year-old director made the trip from Southern California and sent along his own print to screen.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • All this challenges a biographer who would plumb Casey’s decades as chief executive.
    — Marc Levinson, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of biographer
Noun
  • But that moment wouldn’t hold so much power if Pawlikowski—with the help of his cowriter, Hendrik Handloegten—weren’t so skilled at sketching in the feathery details leading up to it.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
  • As the cowriter, director, and star of the Leonard Bernstein drama, Cooper was ever-present during the awards campaign.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
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