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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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
The story follows a young man who gets caught up in political upheaval as tensions rise in Jerusalem and his village amid British crackdowns prompted by the arrival of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe.
—Carole Horst, Variety, 3 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
Chicagoans expect the White House to bring its immigration crackdown to the city sometime after Labor Day.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
The story follows a young man who gets caught up in political upheaval as tensions rise in Jerusalem and his village amid British crackdowns prompted by the arrival of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe.
—Carole Horst, Variety, 3 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 10 Sep. 2025.
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