cracked down; cracking down; cracks down
: to take positive regulatory or disciplinary action
Examples of crackdown in a Sentence
Noun
Companies that pollute are the target of a new crackdown.
Verb
a repressive government that cracked down on political demonstrations
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Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
The Colorado Motor Carriers Association sued to stop that crackdown.
—Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
Yegor Mostovshikov, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
Work continues to crack down on bots Work continues still to crack down on bots buying up chunks of tickets.
—Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Al-Gameya Al-Shareya was among more than 1,000 civil society groups blacklisted in the crackdown, court filings say, and chapters suspected of helping the Brotherhood during elections were dissolved.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
The Colorado Motor Carriers Association sued to stop that crackdown.
—Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
What this really means is the creation of more propaganda and more tools to crack down on dissent.
—Yegor Mostovshikov, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
Work continues to crack down on bots Work continues still to crack down on bots buying up chunks of tickets.
—Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Crackdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crackdown. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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