Fixer

Noun

 * 1) Agent noun of fix; one who, or that which, fixes.
 * 2) A chemical used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.
 * 3) (Criminal justice, law, and underworld) A person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit.
 * 4)  A person who assists foreign journalists in volatile countries, they often provide interpretation, personal connections, and transportation as a service.

Quotations

 * "A professional bank robber commented on this [a point in the thief's memoir]: 'Perhaps the author means by this that the fixer with whom he is acquainted works only on crimes not involving violence. It is true that there are specialists even in the fix line, and a man who has an in [in = advantageous position] to fix con cases might not be able to fix robbery cases. But if the author means that the fix does not exist in armed robbery, he is badly mistaken. It is merely a matter of knowing the right party to go to.'" —Edwin H. Sutherland (ed), The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Annotated and Interpreted by Edwin H. Sutherland, 1937.

Related terms

 * the fix is in

Thesaurus
cobbler, developer, doctor, five-percenter, fixing bath, four-percenter, hypo, influence peddler, little Miss Fixit, logroller, maintenance man, mechanic, mechanician, mender, power broker, processing solution, renovator, repairer, repairman, restorer, serviceman, short-stop, short-stop bath, sodium hyposulfite, sodium thiosulfate, soup, stop bath, tinker, trouble man, troubleshooter, wire-puller

Anagrams

 * refix
 * xerif

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to fix, fasten
 * 2) to fix, arrange, set (a date, price etc.)
 * 3)  to settle (in a place)

Adjective
fixer