Synonyms for crackdown
ˈkrækˌdaʊncrack·down

Princeton's WordNet

1. crackdownnoun

   severely repressive actions

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1. • Suppression

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1. List of paraphrases for "crackdown":

   suppression, repression, deterrence, deterrent, campaign

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How to use crackdown in a sentence?

1. Human Rights Watch:

   Saudi authorities are ramping up their crackdown on people who peacefully criticize the government on the Internet.

2. Matthew Smith of Fortify Rights:

   Governments in the region are playing human ping-pong, pushing boats back out to sea while claiming to crackdown on human trafficking, all governments have a responsibility to protect survivors of trafficking and asylum seekers. No government can credibly claim to be combating trafficking while simultaneously creating a ready pool of desperate and insecure people at sea.

3. Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani:

   During the crackdown, police have even recovered illegal weapons from unregistered Afghans, some of them were involved in crime and terrorism.

4. Maung Moccy:

   I lived under military rule all my life and I never experienced such a crackdown, honestly, I'm afraid they have decided to backslide on democracy.

5. Ruslan Balbek:

   There is often a confusion of concepts: people interpret a crackdown on religious sects which are banned in Russia ... as a persecution of the Crimean Tatars.