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Definition of Clampdown
1. Noun. Sudden restriction on an activity.
Definition of Clampdown
1. Noun. A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clampdown
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clampdown
Literary usage of Clampdown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. World Report 2002: The Events of 2001 by Human Rights Watch (Organization (2002)
"Afghans were viewed as particularly culpable for drug offenses, and thousands
were detained and scores executed in an intensified official clampdown on ..."
2. The Culture of Violence by Kumar Rupesinghe (1994)
"A government clampdown on drug traffickers, negotiations with guerrilla groups
and paramilitaries, the signing of a new constitution, and the growth of ..."
3. Adventure Guide to the Inside Passage and Coastal Alaska by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2002)
"... greatly increase the numbers (since they've got money and that's what Congress
runs on, the number of ships was rising until the summer 2001 clampdown). ..."
4. Central Asia and the World: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan by Michael Mandelbaum (1994)
"... for instance, that previous calls for tightening up militia work in China
could often be explained only as part of a more general political clampdown. ..."
5. Europe and America Beyond 2000 by Pierre Hassner, Gregory F. Treverton (1990)
"Gorbachev's sudden clampdown on alcohol was imperious and ill-considered, and so
too, some of his critics feel, is his espousal of glasnost. ..."
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