cracked down; cracking down; cracks down
: to take positive regulatory or disciplinary action
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Examples of crackdown in a Sentence
Noun
Companies that pollute are the target of a new crackdown.
Verb
a repressive government that cracked down on political demonstrations
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 4 June 2024
The issue of blocking or restricting access is important because city officials say the crackdown on yoga and other activities has been motivated by concerns about public access and safety.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
J. Edward Moreno, New York Times, 2 June 2024
New policies that crack down on emissions, for example, would signal that their product may not be in as high demand as had previously thought.
—Justin Worland, TIME, 28 May 2024
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Noun
The asylum crackdown will not apply to unaccompanied children, those with acute medical conditions or fleeing imminent harm and migrants who use legal pathways to enter the U.S., such as the system powered by the government smart phone app known as CBP One.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 4 June 2024
The issue of blocking or restricting access is important because city officials say the crackdown on yoga and other activities has been motivated by concerns about public access and safety.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
Verb
Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, along with a fellow Democrat, Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill in February that would crack down on the practice.
—J. Edward Moreno, New York Times, 2 June 2024
New policies that crack down on emissions, for example, would signal that their product may not be in as high demand as had previously thought.
—Justin Worland, TIME, 28 May 2024
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“Crackdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crackdown. Accessed 9 Jun. 2024.
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