Crack Down

Definition: Crack Down

Crack Down

Verb

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

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Synonym: Crack Down

Crosswords: Crack Down

Books

• Crack Down (reference)

• Crack Down (Kate Brannigan Series (3rd Book).) (reference)

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Business

The Ministry of the Interior has been very active in the development of the so-called "Pacchetto Sicurezza 2000" (security package), which outlines a series of coercive measures to crack down on crime. (references)

Civil Liberties

Malaysia

In July the Government began to crack down on the distribution and sale of the opposition party's VCD's and audiocassettes. (references)

China

Authorities in some areas continued a concerted effort to crack down on the activities of unapproved Catholic and Protestant churches. (references)

Kenya

The Government refused to reverse its 1994 denial of registration of the Islamic Party of Kenya (IPK) on the grounds that the IPK was a religious-based party, and had been involved in a number of violent confrontations with police in 1992. Following the discovery of "cult" killings in Uganda in 2000, William Ruto, Assistant Minister in the Office of the President, said that the Government would crack down on religious groups that endanger the safety of their adherents; however, there was no reported harassment of religious groups, and no action was taken by the end of the year. (references)

Economic History

Taiwan

Taiwan has not yet passed its planned Optical Media Law which would enhance its ability to crack down on the pirating of optical media products. (references)

Costa Rica

Taxi drivers periodically hold demonstrations to protest government inaction against unlicensed "pirate" taxis, and "pirate" taxi drivers respond in kind when the authorities do try to crack down. (references)

Benin

The U.S. advances the ethos of law enforcement by working with Beninese authorities to crack down on crimes, help eradicate corruption, promote good governance, the rule of law, and greater official accountability. (references)

Human Rights

Belarus

There has been no satisfactory resolution of the September 1999 disappearance of 13th Supreme Soviet Deputy Chairman Viktor Gonchar and his local business associate Anatoliy Krasovsky, which occurred after Lukashenka, in a meeting broadcast on state television, ordered the chiefs of his security services to crack down on "opposition scum." Gonchar was a high profile antiregime politician and Krasovsky was considered an active fundraiser for the opposition. (references)

Minorities

Russia

On November 5, the President also ordered Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov to crack down on interethnic violence, and police made arrests in several outstanding cases. (references)

Germany

In addition a number of state and local governments continued programs to crack down on rightwing extremist activities and to engage young persons considered most "at risk" for rightwing behavior. (references)

Political Economy

PAKISTAN

Police do not hesitate to crack down on worker demonstrations. (references)

HONG KONG

The United States has encouraged the government at senior levels to crack down on this retail trade, and on the distributors and manufacturers behind them. (references)

TAIWAN

In face of the U.S. concerns on IPR protection, Taiwan's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has cooperated with police authorities since 2000 to implement an island-wide "K-plan" to crack down on counterfeit goods. (references)

Women

China

Thus far actions to crack down on this lucrative business, which involves organized crime groups and businesspersons as well as the police and the military, largely have been ineffective. (references)

Worker Rights

Kuwait

Government efforts to crack down on visa trading; such as by closing front companies for visa traders, have not made significant progress. (references)

China

Despite Government efforts to crack down on trafficking in women and children, the present demand far outstrips the available supply, making trafficking a profitable enterprise for those willing to risk arrest and prosecution. (references)

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Czech

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

French

visser. (various references)

German

niederkrachen, niederknallen (shoot down), hart durchgreifen. (various references)

Hungarian

rámászik vkire (to crack down on sy, to dump all over sy, to dump on sy), igen szigorúan bánik vkivel (to crack down on sy). (various references)

Italian

dare un giro di vite. (various references)

Pig Latin

ackcray ownday.(various references)

Russian 

принимать меры против (crack down on). (various references)

Swedish

stränga åtgärder. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: crackdown.

-3 letters: accord, candor, coward, onward.

-4 letters: acock, acorn, adorn, adown, crack, crank, croak, crock, crowd, crown, drank, drawn, drown, krona, narco, racon, radon, rowan, wacko, wrack.

-5 letters: arco, card, cark, carn, coca, coda, conk, cord, cork, corn, craw, croc, crow, dank, dark, darn, dawk, dawn, dock, dona, dork, down, draw, kaon, karn, knar, know.

+1 letter: crackdowns.