handrukkari

Icelandic

Etymology

From hand +‎ rukkari, approximately "he who collects debt using his hands".

Noun

handrukkari m (genitive singular handrukkara, nominative plural handrukkarar)

1. a thug who collects debt (primarily on behalf of organized crime) using violence or threats of violence; a leg-breaker; an enforcer

Declension

declension of handrukkari

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	handrukkari	handrukkarinn	handrukkarar	handrukkararnir
accusative	handrukkara	handrukkarann	handrukkara	handrukkarana
dative	handrukkara	handrukkaranum	handrukkurum	handrukkurunum
genitive	handrukkara	handrukkarans	handrukkara	handrukkaranna

Further reading

• “handrukkari” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)