crackdown
US/ˈkɹækdaʊn/
crackdown noun: abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.
Noun
crackdown (countable and uncountable, plural crackdowns)
- Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.
- 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.2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2020, retrieved 21 Jun 2013
- In the last two years crackdowns on various sectors of the economy, as well as prominent Chinese businessmen, have caused uncertainty. These have recently widened to include foreign nationals and firms, heightening worries in the international business community.2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2023
crackdown meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
crackdown in Hindi
- क्रैकडाउन
crackdown in Tamil
- கடும் நடவடிக்கை
crackdown in Urdu
- سختی کرنا
crackdown in Bengali
- ক্র্যাকডাউন
More languagesFewer languages
- crackdown in Gujarati
- ક્રાકડાઉન, ક્રૅકડાઉન
- crackdown in Odia
- କ୍ରାକଡାଉନ
- crackdown in Nepali
- क्र्याकडाउन
- crackdown in Arabic
- قَمْع qamʕ
- crackdown in Indonesian
- penggrebekan
- crackdown in Persian
- سرکوب sarkub
Examples of crackdown in a sentence
- The brutal crackdown on protests has only served to galvanize the insurrectionary mood in the country.
- During the crackdown, many opponents of the regime were arrested.
- The crackdown on insider trading sends a message: Wall Streeters accustomed to vacationing at Club Med had best be careful not to end up at Club Fed instead.
Forms of crackdown
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Origin of crackdown
Deverbal from crack down.
Questions about crackdown
- What does crackdown mean?
- Crackdown means abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.
- What is crackdown in Hindi?
- Crackdown in Hindi is क्रैकडाउन. See Crackdown meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is crackdown?
- Crackdown is a noun.
- How do you pronounce crackdown?
- Crackdown is pronounced /ˈkɹækdaʊn/ (US).
- What is the plural of crackdown?
- The plural of crackdown is crackdowns.
Words near crackdown in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: crackdown (page history and authors); crackdown (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crackdown (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crackdown (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crackdown (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crackdown (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crackdown (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crackdown (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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