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Crackdown

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement. countable, uncountable

    "After a harsh police crackdown last week fueled anger and swelled protests, President Dilma Rousseff, a former guerrilla who was imprisoned under the dictatorship and has now become the target of pointed criticism herself, tried to appease dissenters by embracing their cause on Tuesday."

  2. 2
    severely repressive actions wordnet

Etymology

Deverbal from crack down.

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