crackdown

See also crack down

English

Etymology

Noun use of the verb “to crack down”

Noun

crackdown (plural crackdowns)

1. Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement

Translations

increased enforcement

Chinese: Mandarin: 鎮壓 (zh), 镇压 (zh) (zhènyā), 痛擊 (zh), 痛击 (zh) (tòngjī), 彈壓 (zh), 弹压 (zh) (tányā) Dutch: repressie (nl) f., onderdrukking (nl) f. Finnish: kurinpalautus (fi) French: acte de répression German: scharfes Vorgehen (de) n.

Indonesian: penggrebekan (id) Japanese: 弾圧 (ja) (だんあつ, dan'atsu) Korean: 단속 (ko) (dansok), 집중 단속 Russian: (requires an object in genitive) подавление (ru) (podavlénije) n., разгон (ru) (razgón) m., применение суровых мер (ru) (primenénije suróvyx mer) n. Spanish: represión (es)