Definition of "crackdown" []

• An act or example of forceful regulation, repression, or restraint: a crackdown on crime. (noun)

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• "If the crackdown is as effective as the PPO scheme and drug rehabilitation scheme then why bother."
• "The 24-hour crackdown is also targeting those who text while driving."
• "He threatened a civil revolt if what he called a crackdown on Sadr followers by the U.S. and Iraqi security forces continued."