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crackdown
[krak-doun]
noun
the severe or stern enforcement of regulations, laws, etc., as to root out abuses or correct a problem.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of crackdown1
Example Sentences
He used a pseudonym - something that is not unusual with Kenyans online given recent crackdowns on youth dissent.
Xenophobia has always colored this nation’s past crackdowns on immigration legal and not, but the Golden State became a noxious cauldron whose anti-immigrant fumes have infested Americans in a way not seen in a century.
In 2002, unprecedented waves of protests demanded greater freedoms; they were met by a harsh crackdown.
They felt helpless in the face of the crackdown, so they planned a protest in the heart of their own community.
She said it hurt to see Latino police officers and federal agents involved in the immigration crackdown and that it was “very heartbreaking seeing your own people betray you.”
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