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crack-down colloq. Also crackdown. [f. to crack down, crack v. 3 c.] An instance of ‘cracking down’, legal or disciplinary severity, repression.
1935Washington Post 18 May, A threat of a ‘crack-down’ by the middle class group against those who put forward the legislation for abolishing public utility holding companies. 1941Economist 3 May 587/2 With this case..assuming large proportions, prophecies of a ‘crack-down’ are busily circulating in Washington. 1959News Chron. 22 Oct. 1/4 A big national crack-down on wildcat strikers. 1962Economist 22 Dec. 1203/1 January 1st will bring a major crackdown on ‘expense account living’. 1970Daily Tel. 4 Apr. 12 An enthusiastically prosecuted crack-down on every aspect of the illicit drug trade. |