Definitions for crackdown

crackdown crack·down

Spelling: [krak-doun]
IPA: /ˈkrækˌdaʊn/

Crackdown is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 278 anagrams from letters in crackdown (accdknorw).

Definitions for crackdown

noun

  1. the severe or stern enforcement of regulations, laws, etc., as to root out abuses or correct a problem.

Origin of crackdown

1930-35, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase crack down

Examples for crackdown

The black market trade in fossils stolen from the richest Cretaceous fossil locality in the world has prompted a crackdown.

Then there was a crackdown on Catholics, with houses being searched for hiding places for priests.

Miriam recalls her last conversation with her brother being about him trying to help members of his group escape the crackdown.

“It dealt with the consequences of the Green Movement crackdown and how it affected the lives of a family,” said Panahi.

A crackdown on a Tiananmen scale is on many minds, even if no one has the foggiest idea what Beijing is planning.

Particular bars and nightclubs are earmarked as gay-friendly despite the crackdown, members told The Daily Beast.

In total, nine infants have reportedly seized by the military in the crackdown.

The interpretation of the Tiananmen crackdown remains a charged issue in China, both politically and emotionally.

Hundreds died in the attacks, but Chinese authorities have never provided data on the death toll from the crackdown.

In 2012, the crackdown intensified in Western Japan and then later Tokyo.

Word Value for crackdown
Scrable

21

Words with friends

24

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