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Definition of Crack down

1. Verb. Repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable). "The police clamped down on illegal drugs"

Definition of Crack down

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To enforce more stringently or more thoroughly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crack Down

Literary usage of Crack down

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Prosecutorial Response to Heavy Drug Caseloads: Comprehensive Problem by Kerry M. Healey (1994)
"The revised response, as described by the respondents, included a continuation of the "crack down" response seen in the first stage, paired with a range of ..."

2. From the Household to the Factory: Sex Discrimination in the Guatemalan by Judith Sunderland (2002)
"We must crack down according to law on ethnic separatist activities, religious extremist forces, violent and terrorist activities, cults, ..."

3. China: State Control of Religion by Mickey Spiegel, Human Rights Watch/Asia (1997)
"Firmly curb and crack down on illegal missionary activities and unlawful ... Protect the lawful, curb the unlawful, and crack down on the violators! 8. ..."

4. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1891)
"Through crack down and to right, subsequently continued to bottom of plate, 27 inches long. Through crack up and to left to crack from first indent, ..."

5. Human Rights Watch World Report 2000 by Human Rights Watch Staff, Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch (1999)
"While controversy raged, the government continued to crack down on protests, marches, and demonstrations throughout the year. ..."

6. Central Criminal Court. Minutes of Evidence by Great Britain Central Criminal Court, Henry Buckler (1839)
"A. There was a crack down on one side, but the piece that was taken out was across the bottom corner—it was large enough to admit a hand—the box was about ..."

7. Prosecutorial Response to Heavy Drug Caseloads: Comprehensive Problem by Kerry M. Healey (1994)
"The revised response, as described by the respondents, included a continuation of the "crack down" response seen in the first stage, paired with a range of ..."

8. From the Household to the Factory: Sex Discrimination in the Guatemalan by Judith Sunderland (2002)
"We must crack down according to law on ethnic separatist activities, religious extremist forces, violent and terrorist activities, cults, ..."

9. China: State Control of Religion by Mickey Spiegel, Human Rights Watch/Asia (1997)
"Firmly curb and crack down on illegal missionary activities and unlawful ... Protect the lawful, curb the unlawful, and crack down on the violators! 8. ..."

10. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1891)
"Through crack down and to right, subsequently continued to bottom of plate, 27 inches long. Through crack up and to left to crack from first indent, ..."

11. Human Rights Watch World Report 2000 by Human Rights Watch Staff, Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch (1999)
"While controversy raged, the government continued to crack down on protests, marches, and demonstrations throughout the year. ..."

12. Central Criminal Court. Minutes of Evidence by Great Britain Central Criminal Court, Henry Buckler (1839)
"A. There was a crack down on one side, but the piece that was taken out was across the bottom corner—it was large enough to admit a hand—the box was about ..."

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