Crossword-Solution: CRACKDOWN
We have 8 clues for the answer “CRACKDOWN”
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| Become stricter (with "on"). | 1 answer |
| Heightened enforcement | 1 answer |
| Newly appointed disciplinarian's measure | 1 answer |
| Police news | 1 answer |
| Repressive measure of drug bust? | 1 answer |
| Stern enforcement | 1 answer |
| persuasion | 67 answers |
| Tension | 71 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
AMCEEZ
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with CRACKDOWN (5)
Bruce Sterling's "The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier," for example, was first published in hardback by Bantam in 1992, then in 1993 in paperback, also by Bantam.
Acting Resident-Agent Gonzalo Ware--Ware, it seemed, really was his right name, but look what he had in front of it--had promulgated more regulations and edicts, and a crackdown on the worst waterfront dives was in progress.
The army began a crackdown on the FIS that spurred FIS supporters to begin attacking government targets.
Moreover, the September 2007 crackdown on prodemocracy demonstrators, including thousands of monks, further strained the economy as the tourism industry, which directly employs about 500,000 people, suffered dramatic declines in foreign visitor levels.
The September 2007 crackdown on prodemocracy demonstrators, including thousands of monks, strained the economy as the tourism industry, which directly employs about 500,000 people, suffered dramatic declines in foreign visitor levels.
Quotes with CRACKDOWN (3)
Several authoritarian regimes reportedly propose to ban anonymity from the web, making it easier to find and arrest dissidents. At Google, we see and feel the dangers of the government-led net crackdown. We operate in about 150 countries around the globe.
There's no doubt that the Chinese government is waging a full-fledged crackdown on Demosisto.
As far as the 2009 elections go, there has been a serious crackdown on human rights in Iran, a clampdown on the media and the wrongful imprisonment of journalists. So it seems what's happening is the government is going after people who have a voice, people who change society or public opinion.
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Appears in: Newsday, NYT.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1955–2011).