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crackdown
[krak-doun]
noun
the severe or stern enforcement of regulations, laws, etc., as to root out abuses or correct a problem.
Word History and Origins
Origin of crackdown1
Example Sentences
They felt helpless in the face of the crackdown, so they planned a protest in the heart of their own community.
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.”
Hundreds of people were killed and thousands detained in a violent crackdown by security forces, which portrayed the protests as "riots".
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.
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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