strong-armとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From strong +‎ arm.

動詞

strong-arm (third-person singular simple present strong-arms, present participle strong-arming, simple past and past participle strong-armed)

1. (often figurative, transitive) To bully, to intimidate; to coerce, to muscle.
   • 2001, Bob Dylan, “Floater (Too Much to Ask)”, in Love and Theft:

     One of the boss’ hangers-on
     Comes to call at times you least expect
     Try to bully ya—strong-arm you—inspire you with fear

   • 2023 March 14, Alexandra Jacobs, “Your Annoying Roommate Is Slaying on TikTok”, in The New York Times‎:

     In a five-part series on the “Extremely Passive Aggressive Roommate,” Ms. Brier […] complains about her roomie coming home at 3:27 a.m.; strong-arms that roommate into renewing their lease and then welcomes a guest to “the common space.”

   • 2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Disinterested and dishonest”, in RAIL, number 989, page 3:

     It is difficult to summarise the arrogance, contempt, complacency and incompetence shown by the DfT in a scheme where it strong-armed the rail industry (in the form of the Rail Delivery Group) to 'front up'.

   • 2025 July 9, Blake Montgomery, Nick Robins-Early, “Linda Yaccarino stepping down as CEO of Elon Musk’s X”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     The CEO was often forced back into damage control mode, however, including denying reports from the Wall Street Journal earlier this year that X had strong-armed companies to advertise on the platform by threatening lawsuits against them.

等位語

• arm-twist, jawbone, threaten

名詞

strong-arm (plural strong-arms)

1. A person who threatens or intimidates others, especially on behalf of somebody else; a goon or enforcer.
   • 2000, Irving Shulman, The Big Brokers:

     There used to be a goon I knew in the Bronx—a tough mockie we used to call Yussel the Bricklayer—and you never saw a guy who was more screwed up. This guy Yussel would've been a strongarm for nothing, he enjoyed it so much.

参考

• by the strong hand

形容詞

strong-arm (not comparable)

1. Bullying; extortionate.
2. (usually figuratively) Coercive, employing force.
   • 2025 July 9, David Stubbings, “Network News: Open access row: DfT accused of "strong-arm tactics"”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 6:

     "Some applications will fail. ORR does not need strong-arm tactics from DfT muddying the waters."

アナグラム

• Armstrong