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CRACKDOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crackdown mean? 

CRACKDOWN (noun)
  The noun CRACKDOWN has 1 sense:

1. severely repressive actionsplay

  Familiarity information: CRACKDOWN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CRACKDOWN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Severely repressive actions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("crackdown" is a kind of...):

crushing; quelling; stifling; suppression (forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority)

Derivation:

crack down (repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable))


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