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Meanings of
crack down
in English
Portuguese
restringir
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Repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
clamp down
Portuguese
restringir
Usage of
crack down
in English
1
During the financial crisis, policymakers pledged to
crack
down
on the industry.
2
However, President Donald Trump has vowed to
crack
down
on illegal immigration.
3
Security forces
crack
down
on protesters, resulting in more than 100 deaths.
4
The charges come as law enforcement officials
crack
down
on cybercrime heists.
5
Doss also urged countries to
crack
down
on foreign support for rebels.
6
The Home Office recently urged festivals to
crack
down
on laughing gas.
7
Meanwhile, British officials moved to
crack
down
on short selling of banks.
8
Some changes, he liked, including efforts to
crack
down
on proprietary trading.
9
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed to
crack
down
on perpetrators.
10
The federal government has also sought to
crack
down
on sanctuary cities.
11
The government threatened to
crack
down
on the spreading of false rumours.
12
Pretending to
crack
down
on crime, it has filleted the criminal code.
13
She urged President Joseph Kabila to
crack
down
on violence against women.
14
It will also
crack
down
on hedge funds and risky bank trading.
15
The Treasury announced regulations in September to
crack
down
on these moves.
16
The Iraqi army has also pledged to
crack
down
on electricity theft.
Other examples for "crack down"
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This collocation consists of:
crack
down
crack
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
crack down
Portuguese
restringir
Crack down
through the time
Crack down
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