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4 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
GOONS Hired muscle (5) Wall Street Journal Jul 8, 2026
THUGS Hired muscle (5) Wall Street Journal Jan 31, 2018
THUG Hired muscle (4) Universal Aug 4, 2015
GOON Hired muscle (4)

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