crackdown
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crackdown
- /ˈkɹækdaʊn/ US
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Deverbal from crack down.
noun crackdowns
- Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement. After a harsh police crackdown last week fueled anger and swelled protests, President Dilma Rousseff, a former guerrilla who was imprisoned under the dictatorship and has now become the target of pointed criticism herself, tried to appease dissenters by embracing their cause on Tuesday.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: punish, punishment, enforcement, clampdown, interdiction, proscription, oppression, repressive, repression, deterrent, suppression, suppressing, control, deterrence, suppress, quell
Translations
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noun increased enforcement
| Español | represión, opresión, supresión, campaña contra, mano dura, ola represiva |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 단속 dansok, 탄압 tanap |
| 日本語 | 弾圧 dan'atsu |
| 中文 | 鎮壓 /镇压 zhènyā, 痛擊 /痛击 tòngjī, 彈壓 /弹压 tányā |
| Português | repressão |
| Français | acte de répression |
| Deutsch | hartes Durchgreifen, scharfes Vorgehen, Razzia |
| Italiano | giro di vite, misura restrittiva, repressione |
| Ελληνικά | καταστολή katastolí, πάταξη pátaxi |
| Русский | разго́н razgón, репре́ссия représsija, примене́ние суро́вых мер primenénije suróvyx mer |
| العربية | قَمْع qamʕ |
| עברית | אכיפה מוגברת akhifá mugbéret |
Talk about this word "crackdown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/crackdown. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. crackdown. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/crackdown "crackdown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/crackdown.Cite this
@misc{crackdown_2026,
title = {crackdown},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crackdown},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
