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
Connor Greene, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
State tax officials and other regulators would get new powers to crack down on these products.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 16 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
But cracking down on one drug has led to the rise of another before, including in the case of fentanyl itself.
—Connor Greene, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
State tax officials and other regulators would get new powers to crack down on these products.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Crackdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crackdown. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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