Crackdown Definition

krăkdoun
crackdowns
noun
An act or example of forceful regulation, repression, or restraint.
A crackdown on crime.
American Heritage
A resorting to strict or stricter measures of discipline or punishment.
Webster's New World

Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.

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Noun

Singular:
crackdown
Plural:
crackdowns

Origin of Crackdown

  • Noun use of the verb “to crack down”

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Crackdown Sentence Examples

  • Police are set to launch a major crackdown on speeding pedal cyclists.

  • The Bill will also crackdown on the menace of uninsured driving.

  • I wonder, a little disturbed, whether a brutal police crackdown on hustlers is responsible.

  • Seven people have been arrested as part of a nationwide crackdown on the trafficking of women into a life of vise.

  • He also has been linked to the bloody crackdown on Shiites in southern Iraq following a 1991 uprising following the Gulf War.

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