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crackdowns

crackdowns is the plural of crackdown.

Meaning of crackdown

Noun

crackdown (countable and uncountable, plural crackdowns)

  1. 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

Questions about crackdowns

What is crackdowns the plural of?
Crackdowns is the plural of crackdown.

Words near crackdowns in the dictionary

  1. crackbrain
  2. crackbrained
  3. crackbrainedness
  4. crackbrains
  5. crackdown
  6. crackdowns
  7. cracke
  8. cracked
  9. cracked a book
  10. cracked a crust
  11. cracked a fat

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