crackdown
noun/ˈkrækdaʊn/
/ˈkrækdaʊn/
- crackdown (on somebody/something) severe action taken to limit the activities of criminals or of people opposed to the government or somebody in authority
- a military crackdown on student protesters
- a crackdown on crime
- The government has ordered a crackdown on truancy.
- They’re having a crackdown on private phone calls from the office.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bloody
- violent
- major
- …
- announce
- promise
- threaten
- …
- crackdown on
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