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Definition of Crackdowns
1. crackdown [n] - See also: crackdown
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crackdowns
Literary usage of Crackdowns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Searching for Answers: Annual Evaluation Report on Drugs & Crime by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"Dealers and buyers change their behavior in the face of crackdowns. ... Long-term
maintenance of crackdowns, however, requires additional police resources, ..."
2. The Human Rights Crisis in Kashmir: A Pattern of Impunity by Physicians for Human Rights (U.S., Asia Watch Committee (U.S.), Asia Watch Committee (U.S., Human Rights Watch (Organization), Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.) (1993)
"Even so, they are often caught in crackdowns. ... International humanitarian
law '" Raids or cordon-and-searches are commonly referred to as crackdowns. ..."
3. Out of Sight--Out of Mind?: A Report on Anti-Homeless Laws, Litigation and by Kelly Cunningham (1999)
"There have been no sweeps or crackdowns and general laws are not selectively enforced
... There have been no recent crackdowns or sweeps. For the most part, ..."
4. A Modern Form of Slavery: Trafficking of Burmese Women and Girls Into by Dorothy Q. Thomas, Sidney Jones (1993)
"He said the crackdowns "could scare away the immigrant workers and seriously
affect the local economy, which needed the cheap labor to sustain its growth. ..."
5. Owed Justice: Thai Women Trafficked Into Debt Bondage in Japan by Kinsey Dinan (2000)
""Boss easily got information about immigration crackdowns. So during immigration
crackdowns, the Thai people stayed at the apartment and the snack was ..."
6. Academic Freedom in Indonesia: Dismantling Soeharto-era Barriers by Joseph Saunders, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1998)
"After the crackdowns in the 1970s, political controls over academic life in Indonesia
... This uncertainty, together with periodic government crackdowns on ..."
7. Fires Across the Water: Transnational Problems in Asia by James Shinn (1998)
"Stiff anti-immigrant crackdowns and laws often offend the source country whose
nationals are arrested or deported. ..."
8. Human Rights Watch World Report 1999 by Human Rights Watch Staff (1998)
"Crackdowns on Student Protest In many countries, governments responded to student
protests with violent crackdowns and at times the indiscriminate use of ..."
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