English Dictionary

goon squad

名詞

アメリカ英語 軽蔑的 慣用表現 くだけた表現

(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.

日本語の意味

暴力的な手段を用いて、護衛や暗殺、恐喝などの任務を遂行するために雇われた一団。 / （主に米国の俗語）暴力的でごろつきのような人物たちからなる、抑止力や威嚇を伴う集団。

The mayor denied hiring a goon squad to intimidate protesters, but witnesses claimed otherwise.

市長は抗議者を威嚇するために用心棒の一団を雇っていないと否定したが、目撃者たちはそうだと主張した。

意味（1）

(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.

He denied charges that the union was using goon squads, as strong-arm detachments are called on the West Coast, and asserted that any violence was provoked by the employers.

goon squads （ plural ）