cracked down; cracking down; cracks down
: to take positive regulatory or disciplinary action
Synonyms
Examples of crackdown in a Sentence
Noun
Companies that pollute are the target of a new crackdown.
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2024
Many senators had been skeptical of the TikTok crackdown — but not enough to vote against the aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that the House of Representatives had held up for months.
—Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 24 Apr. 2024
The sudden arrest of an ally of Shoigu, who Putin tasked with fighting the war in Ukraine, triggered speculation about a battle within the elite and of a public crackdown on the corruption which has plagued Russia’s post-Soviet armed forces.
—Reuters, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
Despite the regime's crackdown, news of Salehi's sentence drew a wave of support from across the Iranian music world.
—Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2024
More than 500 Iranians were killed in the ensuing crackdown, including 72 children, and these citizen videos provide unique documentation of the events, given press restrictions in the country.
—Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Apr. 2024
Read Article > Sep 27, 2023 Monica Chin Disney’s password-sharing crackdown has begun
Photo by Neilson Barnard / Getty Images
Starting on November 1st, Disney Plus will begin restricting password sharing.
—The Verge, 18 Apr. 2024
Password crackdowns are working really well for Netflix — in fact, the media streaming giant added millions of new subscribers because of it.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
However, the boost from Netflix’s password crackdown is likely fading into the rearview mirror.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Ashley Okwuosa, The Examination | Amy Yurkanin, Al.com, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
Costco, too, has begun cracking down on checking membership cards in self-checkout lines.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
Netflix began cracking down on users who share log-in credentials one year ago, in an effort to get more viewers to pay for individual subscriptions.
—Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
In response, the Iranian government has been urging international regulators to force SpaceX to crack down.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024
That year, the county began requiring host facility and direct-sales catering permits to crack down on unsafe food sales.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2024
As Polygon noted in its account of the incident, hacking into the save data of Pokémon games became so rampant among cheaters that The Pokémon Company began cracking down on the practice.
—Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 12 Apr. 2024
And many major cities, including New York, are increasingly cracking down and heavily restricting the short-term rental market.
—Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
This seemingly golden moment lasted only a short time before the military cracked down on the ethnic Rohingya in Rakhine State, in the country’s northwest, in a campaign that has been widely condemned as genocide.
—Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
Noun
Meanwhile, the eye drops outbreak in humans also prompted a crackdown by the Food and Drug Administration across the industry, leading to millions more bottles of over-the-counter brands yanked from shelves and banned from import.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2024
Many senators had been skeptical of the TikTok crackdown — but not enough to vote against the aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that the House of Representatives had held up for months.
—Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 24 Apr. 2024
The sudden arrest of an ally of Shoigu, who Putin tasked with fighting the war in Ukraine, triggered speculation about a battle within the elite and of a public crackdown on the corruption which has plagued Russia’s post-Soviet armed forces.
—Reuters, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
Despite the regime's crackdown, news of Salehi's sentence drew a wave of support from across the Iranian music world.
—Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2024
More than 500 Iranians were killed in the ensuing crackdown, including 72 children, and these citizen videos provide unique documentation of the events, given press restrictions in the country.
—Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Apr. 2024
Read Article > Sep 27, 2023 Monica Chin Disney’s password-sharing crackdown has begun
Photo by Neilson Barnard / Getty Images
Starting on November 1st, Disney Plus will begin restricting password sharing.
—The Verge, 18 Apr. 2024
Password crackdowns are working really well for Netflix — in fact, the media streaming giant added millions of new subscribers because of it.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
However, the boost from Netflix’s password crackdown is likely fading into the rearview mirror.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
Verb
But as other states crack down on this fast-emerging, unregulated breed of cannabis product, there is no evidence of urgency in Madison.
—John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Ashley Okwuosa, The Examination | Amy Yurkanin, Al.com, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
Costco, too, has begun cracking down on checking membership cards in self-checkout lines.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
Netflix began cracking down on users who share log-in credentials one year ago, in an effort to get more viewers to pay for individual subscriptions.
—Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
In response, the Iranian government has been urging international regulators to force SpaceX to crack down.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024
That year, the county began requiring host facility and direct-sales catering permits to crack down on unsafe food sales.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2024
As Polygon noted in its account of the incident, hacking into the save data of Pokémon games became so rampant among cheaters that The Pokémon Company began cracking down on the practice.
—Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 12 Apr. 2024
And many major cities, including New York, are increasingly cracking down and heavily restricting the short-term rental market.
—Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
This seemingly golden moment lasted only a short time before the military cracked down on the ethnic Rohingya in Rakhine State, in the country’s northwest, in a campaign that has been widely condemned as genocide.
—Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
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