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crackdown

[krak-doun]

noun

  1. the severe or stern enforcement of regulations, laws, etc., as to root out abuses or correct a problem.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of crackdown1

1930–35, noun use of verb phrase crack down
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They felt helpless in the face of the crackdown, so they planned a protest in the heart of their own community.

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She said it hurt to see Latino police officers and federal agents involved in the immigration crackdown and that it was “very heartbreaking seeing your own people betray you.”

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Hundreds of people were killed and thousands detained in a violent crackdown by security forces, which portrayed the protests as "riots".

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The curfew comes as arrests have continuously increased since protests began on Friday in response to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Southern California.

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I asked her whether she liked Trump’s crackdown on immigrants and she told me, “Not really, but not Biden either.”

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