Leverage and Muscle

Leverage

Leverage noun - The power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly.

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Muscle and leverage are semantically related. in pull topic. In some cases you can use "Muscle" instead a noun "Leverage". informal substitute

Nearby Words: lever, levered, leveraged, leveraging

Muscle noun - Muscular strength.

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Leverage and muscle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Leverage" instead a noun "Muscle".

Nearby Words: muscular, muscled, muscling

low	low leverage	low muscle
best	best leverage	best muscle
right	right leverage	right muscle
legal	legal leverage	legal muscle
Other adjectives: actual, real, little, needed, necessary, new, political, less, mere, extra, additional, significant, primary, added.

In the Leverage episode "The Two Live Crew Job" the Israeli muscle for the opposing team throws out a quick "Kus shel ha ima shelha" at the team leader.

Source: Foreign Cuss Word
The Mafiya: When infiltrating the Gotham City mob (See The Mafia above) Helena brings along Creote as visible muscle, and uses her obvious connection to "the Russians" to leverage herself a position as capo within the mob.

Source: Comic Book / Birds of Prey
Confidential fits the brutal-cop part of the trope perfectly, but his Turn in Your Badge moment is undercut by the fact that Da Chief only did it to get leverage over White when he recruited him as muscle for a criminal enterprise.

Source: Turn in Your Badge