crackdown

crackdown

See also: crack down

English

Etymology

Noun use of the verb crack down.

Noun

crackdown (countable and uncountable, plural crackdowns)

1. Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement
   • 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):

     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.

Translations

increased enforcement

Arabic: قَمع‎ m (qamʻ) Chinese: Mandarin: 鎮壓 (zh), 镇压 (zh) (zhènyā), 痛擊 (zh), 痛击 (zh) (tòngjī), 彈壓 (zh), 弹压 (zh) (tányā) Dutch: repressie (nl) f, onderdrukking (nl) f Finnish: kurinpalautus (fi) French: acte de répression German: hartes Durchgreifen n, scharfes Vorgehen n, Razzia (de) f Greek: καταστολή (el) f (katastolí), πάταξη (el) f (pátaxi)

Indonesian: penggrebekan Italian: giro di vite, misura restrittiva, repressione (it) f Japanese: 弾圧 (ja) (だんあつ, dan'atsu) Khmer: please add this translation if you can Korean: 단속 (ko) (dansok), 집중 단속 Russian: (requires an object in genitive) подавле́ние (ru) n (podavlénije), разго́н (ru) m (razgón), примене́ние суро́вых мер n (primenénije suróvyx mer) Spanish: represión (es)