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n. - Someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee); A skilled worker who mends or repairs things;

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  • No. The "fixer" is an employee of Khamal's, and Khamal is, I believe, an agent of the Iranian government.
  • Memo, the watch fixer, is close to the front of the line of venders.
  • A former organized crime "fixer" - Levine spent a decade on the inside of a federal pen.
  • "And if it does get more polarized, the situation is made for a 'fixer' -- and that's Mike."
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