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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Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 18 June 2025
The protests, which have been concentrated in a few blocks of downtown where federal and local government buildings are, were in response to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in the city and subsequent deployment of the National Guard and Marines.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 18 June 2025
Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
But the Trump administration has been cracking down on access.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
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Noun
Each instance has been tied to Trump’s immigration crackdown.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 18 June 2025
The protests, which have been concentrated in a few blocks of downtown where federal and local government buildings are, were in response to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in the city and subsequent deployment of the National Guard and Marines.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 18 June 2025
Verb
The strike marks a shift toward targeting Iran's domestic security apparatus, which has long cracked down on dissent and suppressed protests.
—Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
But the Trump administration has been cracking down on access.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
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“Crackdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crackdown. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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