noun
definition
Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement
Examples of crackdown in a Sentence
Police are set to launch a major crackdown on speeding pedal cyclists.
The Bill will also crackdown on the menace of uninsured driving.
I wonder, a little disturbed, whether a brutal police crackdown on hustlers is responsible.
Seven people have been arrested as part of a nationwide crackdown on the trafficking of women into a life of vise.
He also has been linked to the bloody crackdown on Shiites in southern Iraq following a 1991 uprising following the Gulf War.
Speeding motorists in the North East are facing a tough crackdown as part of a new campaign aimed at driving them off our roads.
The council has announced a crackdown on anyone found to be dumping rubbish illegally â a crime carrying a maximum fine of £ 50,000.
To tackle the menace, ministers promised a crackdown on poor hygiene with hospitals ranked in a league table of cleanliness.
The Transport Secretary saw West Midlands police in action as they began the crackdown.
Some English teachers working legally have, however, welcomed the crackdown, saying illegal workers are harming the profession.
The crackdown on cowboy traders and tightening the Trade Descriptions Act, for instance - are very welcome.
It is quite untrue to claim that there has been any kind of a crackdown.
In the years following the crackdown on striptease, some concessions were made to avoid trouble with the law.
An IRS crackdown soon changed this view.