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crackdown

[ krak-doun ]

noun

  1. the severe or stern enforcement of regulations, laws, etc., as to root out abuses or correct a problem.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of crackdown1

1930–35, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase crack down
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The FCC's investigation into Disney also comes amid a wider crackdown on DEI practices by the Trump administration, with impacts felt beyond the US.

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Senior JSO members deny the crackdown had anything to do with the group's decision to "hang up the hi-vis" – as its statement this week announcing the end of campaign put it.

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Rights groups believe hundreds of people died and thousands were injured in the crackdown.

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The crackdown comes as other Trump administration officials turn up the temperature on their own mass deportation efforts.

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The crackdown continues to enjoy overwhelming support among Salvadorans, who re-elected the hugely popular president by a landslide last year.

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