standover man

/ ˈstændˌəʊvə /

noun

1. informal,  a person who extorts money by intimidation

Example Sentences

He became known as a "standover man", who stole from drug dealers and abducted and tortured other criminals for money.

From BBC

Abberton had pleaded not guilty during his NSW District Court trial of one count of perverting the course of justice in relation to a police investigation into the killing of standover man Anthony Hines.

From Time Magazine Archive

Symonds, who served jail time for corruption but has never been charged with espionage, told Time his missions included obtaining false identities and acting as a "frightener" or standover man who would brutalize agents working deep undercover who had tried to defect to the West.

From Time Magazine Archive