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crackdown
crackdown /ˈkrækdaʊn/ noun [countable usually singular]
action that is taken to deal more strictly with crime, a problem, protests etc
    crackdown on/against
    a military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations
    the government’s crackdown against drugs
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