Clamp Down

Definition: Clamp Down

Clamp Down

Verb

1. Get serious about enforcing a rule; "We have to clamp down and get tough on the dissidents".

2. Become more restrictive or repressive; impose strict controls on; "They are clamping down on under-age drinking now".

3. Repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable); "The police clamped down on illegal drugs".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Clamp Down

Crosswords: Clamp Down

Business

China adroitly uses this combination of tariffs and additional taxes to clamp down on imports that it views as threatening to its domestic industry. (references)

Economic History

China

As part of an effort to clamp down on corruption and tighten foreign exchange control, the Chinese government is coming down hard on such practices. (references)

Human Rights

Zimbabwe

Unlike in the previous year, there were no reports that the Government threatened to clamp down on NGO's under the Private Voluntary Organizations (PVO) Act, which was ruled unconstitutional in the 1990's. In December the Government introduced legislation that would prohibit NGO's not appointed by the ESC from conducting voter education and would prohibit NGO's from receiving foreign contributions for the purposes of voter education. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "clamp down": clamp down on. Additional references.

Czech

ráznì proti èemu zakroèit (crack down). (various references)

Danish

forfølgning af virksomheder for manglende overholdelse (to clamp down on firms which fail to meet their obligations). (various references)

Dutch

optreden tegen bedrijven die niet voldoen aan hun verplichtingen (to clamp down on firms which fail to meet their obligations). (various references)

French

répression des manquements des entreprises (to clamp down on firms which fail to meet their obligations). (various references)

German

rigoros durchgreifen, gewaltig bremsen, festmachen (arrange, attach, belay, bring to bay, clinch, exemplify, fasten, fasten down, fasten on, fix, fix on, fix up, grip, hitch, hook, moor, secure, to fasten, to make fast, wrap up). (various references)

Greek 

δίωξη των επιχειρήσεων επί παραλείψει (to clamp down on firms which fail to meet their obligations). (various references)

Hungarian

megszigorít (to clamp down on sg). (various references)

Italian

repressione delle inosservanze da parte delle imprese (to clamp down on firms which fail to meet their obligations). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

治まる (to be at peace, to clamp down, to lessen). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おさまる (to be at peace, to be delivered, to be in one's place, to be installed, to be obtained, to be paid, to be settled, to clamp down, to conduct oneself well, to govern oneself, to lessen, to settle into). (various references)

Pig Latin

ampclay ownday

Portuguese

tornar-se mais rigoroso (clamp down on), repressão do incumprimento das obrigações das empresas (to clamp down on firms which fail to meet their obligations). (various references)

Russian 

подтягивать (clamp down on, draw, hitch, trice). (various references)

Spanish

prohibir (ban, bar, debar, embargo, forbad, forbid, interdict, proclaim, prohibit, proscibe, put a ban on, taboo, tabu). (various references)

Swedish

slå ner på (clamp down on, pounce), klämma åt (clamp down on, screw). (various references)

Thai

จำกั�" (bound, chain down, chain to, circumscribe, clamp down on, fence in, limit, limiting, localize, tie). (various references)

Turkish

sıkıştırmak (astringe, be urgent with smb., bear against, besiege, bombard, bottle up, clamp, clinch, come down on, compact, compress, constrict, crowd, crush, drive smb. to the wall, dun, force, grind, grip, heckle, hurry, hustle, impact, impress, incarcerate, jam, jam in, lean on, lean upon, oppress, pin, pin down, pinch, ply, ply with, press, press for, press smb. close, push, push smb. to the wall, rush, shut in, slip into, squeeze, straiten, stress, tighten, tuck, wedge, weigh), daha duyarlı davranmak, aman vermemek (give no quarter), üzerine gitmek (face it out). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: clampdown.

-2 letters: plowman.

-3 letters: almond, copalm, cowman, dolman, wadmol.

-4 letters: acold, adown, campo, capon, clamp, clomp, clown, comal, copal, dolma, domal, macon, modal, monad, nodal, nomad, nopal, waldo, woald, woman.

-5 letters: alow, apod, awol, calm, calo, camp, capo, clad, clam, clan, clap, claw, clod, clon, clop, coal, coda, cola, cold, coma, comp, cowl, damn, damp, dawn.

+1 letter: clampdowns.

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