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Definition of Crackdown
1. Noun. Severely repressive actions.
Definition of Crackdown
1. Noun. Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crackdown
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crackdown
Literary usage of Crackdown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Detained in China and Tibet: A Directory of Political and Religious Prisoners by Robin Munro, Mickey Spiegel, Asia Watch Committee (U.S.) (1994)
"... I. crackdown OF. Died in Prison/Under Surveillance Catholics and Protestants
Hebei • Bishop Paul LIU Shuhe, the second bishop of Yixian, Hebei Province, ..."
2. Bloodshed in the Caucasus: Violations of Humanitarian Law and Human Rights by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Rachel Denber, Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.) (1992)
"... GEORGIAN MILITIA crackdown IN TSKHINVALI -JANUARY 1991 Chaos and urban warfare
raged in Tskhinvali for the following three weeks. ..."
3. Searching for Answers: Annual Evaluation Report on Drugs & Crime by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"The intensity of a crackdown should thus be commensurate with the size of the
... In any case, residents should be aware of the crackdown effort once it has ..."
4. From the Household to the Factory: Sex Discrimination in the Guatemalan by Judith Sunderland (2002)
"FALUNGONG OUTSIDE MAINLAND CHINA As soon as the crackdown started in July 1999,
... China responded to Western condemnation of the Falungong crackdown with ..."
5. The Human Rights Crisis in Kashmir: A Pattern of Impunity by Physicians for Human Rights (U.S., Asia Watch Committee (U.S.), Asia Watch Committee (U.S., Human Rights Watch (Organization), Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.) (1993)
"One day in April 1991, at approximately 11:30 am, while a crackdown was underway,
G., 70, was sitting at home when soldiers forced the d<x>ro|xn and, ..."
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