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ˈcrack·down N

crackdown on

scharfes Vorgehen gegen +acc

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Her signature initiatives included a crackdown on corporate bribes and a new strategy to attack international organized crime. en.wikipedia.org

Commanders in other areas failed, and the plot was answered by a military crackdown. en.wikipedia.org

Rather than intimidate the police and public, it prompted a concentrated crackdown which saw the two kingpins put behind bars. en.wikipedia.org

Some 2,000 other nobles were arrested as part of a mass crackdown. en.wikipedia.org

The president ordered a crackdown on witchdoctors in the spring of 2008. en.wikipedia.org

During the 199293 season, there was a league-wide crackdown on high-sticking infractions, whether they were accidental or not. en.wikipedia.org

He was thought to be behind a crackdown in 2010 on the countrys media following mounting criticism over corruption. en.wikipedia.org

At first, nationalist organizations watered down their rhetoric in order to not provoke a crackdown. en.wikipedia.org

Those demonstrations were brutally stopped by the police and later led to a severe crackdown on the democratic movement. en.wikipedia.org

Mass round-ups occurred during the crackdown itself, and the authorities continued to arrest protesters and supporters throughout 2007. en.wikipedia.org

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