How to Use crackdown in a Sentence

crackdown

1 of 2 noun
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  • Companies that pollute are the target of a new crackdown.
  • Netflix has seen a surge in subscriptions in the aftermath of its crackdown on password sharing .
    — Sean Conlon, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024
  • One of Reznikov’s deputies recently lost his job amid Zelensky’s crackdown on corruption.
    — Susie Blann, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Ma thinks some of the international analysis of the crackdown has overplayed its severity.
    — WIRED, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Little wonder then that the Ukrainian government’s sweeping crackdown on corruption was swift and harsh.
    — Michael Bociurkiw, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023
  • But that crackdown led to roughly 2% of the country’s adult population ending up behind bars, further straining the country’s already stretched prison system.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Netflix’s imminent password-sharing crackdown will have on 2023’s most-pirated list.
    — Tyler Aquilina, Variety, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The bill included not just a crackdown on undocumented migrants but also provisions that would cut legal immigration almost in half.
    — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2024
  • On May 16, the state announced a crackdown on the scam.
    — Erin Vivid Riley, The New Republic, 29 July 2023
  • That crackdown helped bring the number of murders down to four in 1993.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The bloody crackdown had a lasting impact on Walz, who saw it as all the more reason to go.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024
  • In the face of a deadly regime crackdown, protests died down in Iran earlier this year.
    — Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Talks to revive the deal were shelved in recent months amid the Iranian regime's crackdown on the protests.
    — Henry Austin, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2023
  • But many now fear that the arrests portend a broader crackdown.
    — Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The crackdown could raise $50 billion in tax revenue over the next 10 years, according to the agencies.
    — Kate Dore, Cfp®, CNBC, 11 July 2024
  • Netflix’s crackdown on password sharing has rolled out in the U.S.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 24 May 2023
  • His campaign had promised a crackdown on crime and corruption that gripped the country in recent years.
    — Rafael Romo, CNN, 13 Aug. 2023
  • If anything, the harsh crackdowns on this year’s protests have brought disruption and distrust.
    — Eddie R. Cole / Made By History, TIME, 4 June 2024
  • In fact, Walz was not there during the protests, which culminated in Beijing’s crackdown in June of that year.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
  • But in the corridors of power in Baghdad and Tehran, politicians were planning the crackdown.
    — Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The crackdown came on the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, which led to a months-long siege by the Chinese government.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 4 June 2023
  • The culture ministry handed down fines, travel bans, and arrests to more than 140 people as part of the crackdown.
    — Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The crackdown doesn't just mean a chastened Binance will have to change its practices going forward.
    — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Heavy sanctions and crackdowns on trade are prescribed to isolate and denigrate the regimes in Tehran and Beijing.
    — Connor Okeeffe, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
  • As the Ukraine war has ground on for over a year, Russia has intensified its crackdown on dissent.
    — Luke Johnson, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The crackdown on cities isn’t new, but the scope of this year’s proposal has local officials wringing their hands.
    — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The site’s crackdown on radicalization seems to have worked.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The states aren't all using exactly the same reasoning for their crackdowns.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The move formed part of the Biden administration’s crackdown on sneaky fees that often cost consumers.
    — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 17 May 2024
  • Lower rates can help reduce pressure on borrowers, particularly the property developers that have suffered after a crackdown on excessive borrowing several years ago.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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crack down

2 of 2 verb
  • The income tax on tips had been poorly enforced for decades, and Congress tried a couple of times to crack down.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Lurie similarly wants to crack down on drug dealing and invest in the Police Department.
    — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Many leagues have tried to crack down on hits to the head, which was one of the reasons why the NFL adjusted kickoffs ahead of the 2024 season.
    — Pandora Dewan, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Vallas wants the police to crack down on crime in the city.
    — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The new city law is aimed at cracking down on short-term rentals.
    — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Wang called on the Taliban to crack down on terrorism and unite with ethnic groups in the country.
    — Helen Regan and Hande Atay Alam, CNN, 9 Sep. 2021
  • And, like Netflix, Costco is cracking down—for the second time just over a year.
    — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Part of Blumenthal and Blackburn’s concern stems from the fact that, for the past six years, there’s been a law in place to crack down on bots.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Trump heaped praise on Masters and Lake as the candidates who can stop the Biden agenda and crack down at the border.
    — The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2022
  • At the state Capitol: California may crack down on bad cops in wake of George Floyd’s killing.
    — Anna Buchmann, SFChronicle.com, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Ohio passed legislation that year to crack down on pill mills.
    — David Ovalle, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
  • His opponent, Paul Vallas, has vowed to crack down on crime.
    — Sarah Westwood, Washington Examiner, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Trim the travel budget, reduce head count and…crack down on remote work?
    — Callum Borchers, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2023
  • California, New York and Indiana are among states that have passed laws to crack down on the crime.
    — Joe Barrett, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Law enforcement struggles to crack down on bomb fishing due to a lack of resources.
    — Jalynn Hilton, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Not all teachers are looking for ways to crack down on ChatGPT.
    — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Cities take action Some cities also are looking to crack down on these devices.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Maduro’s government has cracked down on the protests, with riot police deployed to quell the unrest.
    — Ryan Browne, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The powers that be looked for a quick way to crack down on the widespread awareness building that was stopping business as usual.
    — Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Meanwhile, TikTok is cracking down on some users who post frequently about the weight loss drugs.
    — Katie Palmer and Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 20 July 2023
  • Anderson raised the spectre of the 2003 Cedar Fire to say that cracking down on encampments could reduce the risk of deadly blazes.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2023
  • As concerns about TikTok’s ties to China continue to mount, governments around the globe have been cracking down on the use of the app.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 5 Sep. 2023
  • But the more fiercely people resisted, the harsher the government cracked down on them.
    — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Since Modi came to power in 2014 his government has cracked down on hundreds of NGOs, choking them of funds.
    — Time, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Senate Bill 1 would crack down on promoting students who did not pass.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Victims’ voices used to command attention when politicians were eager to crack down on crime with three strikes laws and the war on drugs.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The bill also includes measures aimed at cracking down on bad actors.
    — Marc Hogan, Pitchfork, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The vote was a surprise to many advocates, who have criticized the board for being reluctant to crack down, and some in the county, who hoped the board would put off a vote.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Studios in the past cracked down on fans for using their logos and brands via lawsuits and litigations.
    — Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Retailers along the avenue have been trying to get the city to crack down on sellers that are not allowed on Fifth except for Sundays.
    — David Moin, WWD, 12 Aug. 2024

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