Usually means: Strict enforcement against specific activities.
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  1. crackdown: Merriam-Webster
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  3. crackdown: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  9. crackdown: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  13. crackdown: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Crackdown (series), Crackdown (video game), Crackdown, The Crackdown: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  16. crackdown: FreeDictionary.org
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  19. crackdown: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ noun:  Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.

Similar:
clampdown, clamp-down, crack, short sharp shock, bust, compliance strike, crimewave, gangbusting, crunch time, flare-up, more...

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police crackdown, military crackdown, media crackdown, Internet crackdown, economic crackdown, more...

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Crackdown 3, 2022 Salvadoran gang crackdown, Crackdown 2, 709 crackdown, The Crackdown, more...

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military, brutal, major, massive, bloody, violent, general, recent, severe, harsh, soviet

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Similar:
clampdown, clamp-down, crack, short sharp shock, bust, compliance strike, crimewave, gangbusting, crunch time, flare-up, more...

Types:
police crackdown, military crackdown, media crackdown, Internet crackdown, economic crackdown, more...

Phrases:
Crackdown 3, 2022 Salvadoran gang crackdown, Crackdown 2, 709 crackdown, The Crackdown, The Hacker Crackdown, crackdown punishment, crackdown punishment action, human rights crackdown, more...

Adjectives:
military, brutal, major, massive, bloody, violent, general, recent, severe, harsh, soviet

Colors:
    black,     red,     dark gray,     navy blue,     maroon, more...



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