crackdown Definition
☆ crack·down (krak′do̵un′)
noun
a resorting to strict or stricter measures of discipline or punishment
crackdown Usage Examples
Preposition: on
- dodger: New legislation has given police greater powers to crackdown on car insurance dodgers.
- yob: Today, Cabinet ministers will launch a £ 150,000 advertising campaign warning of a crackdown on drunken yobs.
- truancy: A major crackdown on truancy has begun, with patrols in the Bedford and Kempston area now in progress.
- dissent: It's a new level of crackdown on dissent.
- avoidance: Comment: The Government's crackdown on tax avoidance continues apace.
- piracy: German police have carried out their biggest ever crackdown on internet piracy in probe against 126 members of an online hackers ' forum.
Adjective modifier
- brutal: I wonder, a little disturbed, whether a brutal police crackdown on hustlers is responsible.
- nationwide: Seven people have been arrested as part of a nationwide crackdown on the trafficking of women into a life of vise.
- bloody: He also has been linked to the bloody crackdown on Shiites in southern Iraq following a 1991 uprising following the Gulf War.
- massive: The Sun newspaper splashes on its front page details of a massive internal crackdown on Internet porn surfing at the DWP.
- tough: Speeding motorists in the North East are facing a tough crackdown as part of a new campaign aimed at driving them off our roads.
Converse of object
- launch: Police are set to launch a major crackdown on speeding pedal cyclists.
- announce: The council has announced a crackdown on anyone found to be dumping rubbish illegally â a crime carrying a maximum fine of £ 50,000.
- promise: To tackle the menace, ministers promised a crackdown on poor hygiene with hospitals ranked in a league table of cleanliness.
- begin: The Transport Secretary saw West Midlands police in action as they began the crackdown.
- face: MORE FROM NORTHERN IRELAND Motorists face holiday crackdown Police warn that misbehaving motorists will face a crackdown over the Bank Holiday weekend.
- welcome: Some English teachers working legally have, however, welcomed the crackdown, saying illegal workers are harming the profession.
Noun used with modifier
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