Synonyms for crack down
crack down

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1. clamp down, crack downverb

   repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)

   "The police clamped down on illegal drugs"

   Synonyms:
   clamp down

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1. Mark Pocan:

   I ’m introducing legislation that would abolish ICE and crack down on the agency’s blanket directive to target and round up individuals and families, the heartless actions of this abused agency do not represent the values of our nation and the U.S. must develop a more humane immigration system, one that treats every person with dignity and respect.

2. Jeffrey Butts:

   The far left and the far right are actually pitching the same story, the right is saying this is America, and you should be able to have a gun to protect yourself, and the far left is saying when you crack down on gun possession you create racial disparity in cities where it is a criminal offense to have a gun.

3. Bosnian Security Minister Dragan Mektic:

   These weapons have been increasingly used in terrorist attacks, and our colleagues from France have proposed that an expert network be formed in the Western Balkans to crack down on smugglers.

4. Hua Jingfeng:

   Some foreign countries see our nation as an enormous market, and we have investigated a series of cases, a fair number of neighbouring countries have casinos, and they have set up offices in China to attract and drum up interest from Chinese citizens to go abroad and gamble. This will also be an area that we will crack down on.

5. Amnesty International Director:

   Since Russia annexed Crimea, the de facto authorities are using a vast array of bully boy tactics to crack down on dissent.