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Definition of crackdown noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

crackdown

noun
 
/ˈkrækdaʊn/
 
/ˈkrækdaʊn/
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  1. crackdown (on somebody/something) severe action taken to limit the activities of criminals or of people opposed to the government or somebody in authority
    • a military crackdown on student protesters
    • a crackdown on crime
    • The government has ordered a crackdown on truancy.
    • They’re having a crackdown on private phone calls from the office.
    Topics Crime and punishmentc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bloody
    • violent
    • major
    verb + crackdown
    • announce
    • promise
    • threaten
    preposition
    • crackdown on
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