Crackdown
noun
A serious attempt to punish people for certain behaviors or crimes.
The police have launched a crackdown on illegal parking.
Often appears as...
- government crackdown
- crackdown on crime
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Disapproving
noun
A serious attempt to punish people for certain behaviors or crimes.
The police have launched a crackdown on illegal parking.
Often appears as...
- government crackdown
- crackdown on crime
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Enforcement Intensity
Crackdown implies strict and severe actions to enforce rules or laws.
The city announced a strict crackdown on jaywalking to improve pedestrian safety.
Pro Tip 2/3Sudden Action
Crackdown often suggests a sudden or recent increase in enforcing laws or rules.
There's been a sudden crackdown on noise pollution in residential areas.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Target
A crackdown usually targets a particular behavior, activity, or group.
The government announced a crackdown on tax evasion by large corporations.
Pro Tip 1/3Enforcement Intensity
Crackdown implies strict and severe actions to enforce rules or laws.
The city announced a strict crackdown on jaywalking to improve pedestrian safety.
Pro Tip 2/3Sudden Action
Crackdown often suggests a sudden or recent increase in enforcing laws or rules.
There's been a sudden crackdown on noise pollution in residential areas.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Target
A crackdown usually targets a particular behavior, activity, or group.
The government announced a crackdown on tax evasion by large corporations.
Pro Tip 1/3Enforcement Intensity
Crackdown implies strict and severe actions to enforce rules or laws.
The city announced a strict crackdown on jaywalking to improve pedestrian safety.
Pro Tip 2/3Sudden Action
Crackdown often suggests a sudden or recent increase in enforcing laws or rules.
There's been a sudden crackdown on noise pollution in residential areas.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Target
A crackdown usually targets a particular behavior, activity, or group.
The government announced a crackdown on tax evasion by large corporations.
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amplified by the suppression of information and brutal government investigations. In particular, this witch hunt mentality targeted artists and writers who were suspected of Communist sympathies. Bradbury was alarmed at this cultural crackdown. He believed it set a dangerous precedent for further censorship,
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History vs. Che Guevara...
while keeping Cubans mired in poverty and killing thousands in police crackdowns. Even President Kennedy called it the worst example of "economic colonization, humiliation, and exploitation in the world." Whatever Batista's faults, it can't compare to the totalitarian nightmare Castro would create.
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How social media can...
Chinese crackdown that was enough of citizen media and so they began to arrest the protesters they begin to shut down the media that the protests were happening China is probably the most success manager of Internet censorship in the world using something that's widely
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When technology can read...
during some of the most violent crackdowns of the protest, none of them dared discuss with me what was happening. They or I knew to quickly steer the conversation to other topics. All of us understood what the consequences could be of a perceived dissident action.
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The life, legacy &...
Many students and elites believed his economic plans would alienate Burkina Faso from its capitalist peers. His crackdown on the misuse of public funds turned government officials against him as well. After four years, what began as an empowering revolution
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How Data-Driven...
These videos could help us investigate the visual signs of the crackdown. The checkpoints at each intersection with their metal detectors, ID checks and iris scans, the CCTV cameras which pervade the city and the riot police on every corner.
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Neck Stretching PIPE...
country promising modernization the new leaders crackdown on tribes deemed primitive and tribal customs including the wang were outlined to maintain their identity and escape civil war Manang and
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Michael Anti: Behind the...
So the crackdown is very serious. But I want you to notice a very funny thing during the process of the cat-and-mouse. The cat is the censorship, but Chinese is not only one cat,
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Why Do These Women...
country promising modernization the new leaders crackdown on tribes deemed primitive and tribal customs including the Wang
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Catherine Crump: The...
The shocking police crackdown on protestors in Ferguson, Missouri, in the wake of the police shooting of Michael Brown,
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Why should you read...
amplified by the suppression of information and brutal government investigations. In particular, this witch hunt mentality targeted artists and writers who were suspected of Communist sympathies. Bradbury was alarmed at this cultural crackdown. He believed it set a dangerous precedent for further censorship,
Video examples
History vs. Che Guevara...
while keeping Cubans mired in poverty and killing thousands in police crackdowns. Even President Kennedy called it the worst example of "economic colonization, humiliation, and exploitation in the world." Whatever Batista's faults, it can't compare to the totalitarian nightmare Castro would create.
Video examples
How social media can...
Chinese crackdown that was enough of citizen media and so they began to arrest the protesters they begin to shut down the media that the protests were happening China is probably the most success manager of Internet censorship in the world using something that's widely
Video examples
When technology can read...
during some of the most violent crackdowns of the protest, none of them dared discuss with me what was happening. They or I knew to quickly steer the conversation to other topics. All of us understood what the consequences could be of a perceived dissident action.
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The life, legacy &...
Many students and elites believed his economic plans would alienate Burkina Faso from its capitalist peers. His crackdown on the misuse of public funds turned government officials against him as well. After four years, what began as an empowering revolution
Video examples
How Data-Driven...
These videos could help us investigate the visual signs of the crackdown. The checkpoints at each intersection with their metal detectors, ID checks and iris scans, the CCTV cameras which pervade the city and the riot police on every corner.
Video examples
Neck Stretching PIPE...
country promising modernization the new leaders crackdown on tribes deemed primitive and tribal customs including the wang were outlined to maintain their identity and escape civil war Manang and
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Michael Anti: Behind the...
So the crackdown is very serious. But I want you to notice a very funny thing during the process of the cat-and-mouse. The cat is the censorship, but Chinese is not only one cat,
Video examples
Why Do These Women...
country promising modernization the new leaders crackdown on tribes deemed primitive and tribal customs including the Wang
Video examples
Catherine Crump: The...
The shocking police crackdown on protestors in Ferguson, Missouri, in the wake of the police shooting of Michael Brown,
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Rebecca MacKinnon
American Journalist
When U.S. commercial interests press the Chinese government to do a better job of policing Chinese websites for pirated content, a blind eye is generally turned to the fact that ensuing crackdowns provide a great excuse to tighten mechanisms to censor all content the Chinese government doesn't like.
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Nazanin Boniadi
British Actress
As far as the 2009 elections go, there has been a serious crackdown on human rights in Iran, a clampdown on the media and the wrongful imprisonment of journalists. So it seems what's happening is the government is going after people who have a voice, people who change society or public opinion.
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Vint Cerf
American Scientist
Several authoritarian regimes reportedly propose to ban anonymity from the web, making it easier to find and arrest dissidents. At Google, we see and feel the dangers of the government-led net crackdown. We operate in about 150 countries around the globe.
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Liu Xiaobo
Chinese Critic
For those of us in the opposition movement under dictatorships, part of our job is confronting police and spending time in prison. So, a dissident not only needs to learn how to oppose oppression but also how to face the crackdowns and time in prison.
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William Hague
British Politician
Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internationally and discredited within Syria.
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Park Won-soon
South Korean Politician
We will strengthen crackdown on illegal renovations and enforce a restitution of large-scale development gains to better stabilize the real estate market.
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Kevin de Leon
American Politician
Drafting local police into Trump's immigration crackdown undermines public safety and is a colossal waste of taxpayer dollars.
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Jamais Cascio
American Writer
Crackdowns on Internet content make clear the need for an anonymized Web. Now, someone just needs to implement it.
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Joshua Wong
Chinese Activist
There's no doubt that the Chinese government is waging a full-fledged crackdown on Demosisto.
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Kerry Kennedy
American Activist
LGBT people are at the heart of President Vladimir Putin's crackdown on democracy.
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Rebecca MacKinnon
American Journalist
When U.S. commercial interests press the Chinese government to do a better job of policing Chinese websites for pirated content, a blind eye is generally turned to the fact that ensuing crackdowns provide a great excuse to tighten mechanisms to censor all content the Chinese government doesn't like.
Quote examples
Nazanin Boniadi
British Actress
As far as the 2009 elections go, there has been a serious crackdown on human rights in Iran, a clampdown on the media and the wrongful imprisonment of journalists. So it seems what's happening is the government is going after people who have a voice, people who change society or public opinion.
Quote examples
Vint Cerf
American Scientist
Several authoritarian regimes reportedly propose to ban anonymity from the web, making it easier to find and arrest dissidents. At Google, we see and feel the dangers of the government-led net crackdown. We operate in about 150 countries around the globe.
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Liu Xiaobo
Chinese Critic
For those of us in the opposition movement under dictatorships, part of our job is confronting police and spending time in prison. So, a dissident not only needs to learn how to oppose oppression but also how to face the crackdowns and time in prison.
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William Hague
British Politician
Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internationally and discredited within Syria.
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Park Won-soon
South Korean Politician
We will strengthen crackdown on illegal renovations and enforce a restitution of large-scale development gains to better stabilize the real estate market.
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Kevin de Leon
American Politician
Drafting local police into Trump's immigration crackdown undermines public safety and is a colossal waste of taxpayer dollars.
Quote examples
Jamais Cascio
American Writer
Crackdowns on Internet content make clear the need for an anonymized Web. Now, someone just needs to implement it.
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Joshua Wong
Chinese Activist
There's no doubt that the Chinese government is waging a full-fledged crackdown on Demosisto.
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Kerry Kennedy
American Activist
LGBT people are at the heart of President Vladimir Putin's crackdown on democracy.
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