goon

Example Sentences

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Private sector workers won the right to form unions and strike under the National Labor Relations Board, largely ending the union-busting and goon violence of decades past.

From Salon • Jul. 30, 2025

The El Supremo, who sits “at the top of the stairs” in “Show Biz Kids,” becomes a blank-eyed, mustachioed goon in a stained, sleeveless white undershirt.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2023

You don’t hear about this race as much as other competitive ones, because neither of the candidates is a viscerally comical goon or chilling creep who’d make for good copy.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2022

Note the moment during a strenuous tramway shootout when Six uses the reflection in a mirrored building to defeat a goon — it’s a clever detail in a film careening full speed ahead.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2022

Clearly it was an ordeal, raising a goon like Dana.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen