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crackdown definition

☆ crack·down (krak′do̵un′)

noun

a resorting to strict or stricter measures of discipline or punishment

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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