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usually in singularDec 11, 2019 Wider Definition of Judaism Is Likely to Aid Crackdown on Colleges Even before President Trump issued his order targeting anti-Semitism on U.S. Campuses, the. A series of severe measures to restrict undesirable or illegal people or behaviour. 'a crackdown on car crime'. More example sentences. 'Walsh said that the rise.
- A series of severe measures to restrict undesirable or illegal people or behaviour.
- ‘Walsh said that the rise could be attributed in part to a Garda crackdown on juvenile antisocial behaviour.’
- ‘Police are hailing raids as part of a national crackdown on illegal drugs a success.’
- ‘Police have issued their first fines as part of a crackdown on illegal parking in Accrington.’
- ‘So it was cruel of York police to choose this week to announce a major crackdown on illegal driving.’
- ‘A crackdown on illegal parking has been launched after a tip-off from a concerned resident.’
- ‘Police in Bradford on Avon have warned motorists they are planning a crackdown on illegal parking.’
- ‘He said a crackdown on illegal minicabs is underway and this should help attract more black cabs.’
- ‘On the surface it simply appears to be a case of a crackdown on antisocial behaviour.’
- ‘UK police today launched a crackdown on the sale of illegal weapons over the Internet.’
- ‘It says improved public transport would be needed in areas hardest hit by the crackdown.’
- ‘As a result of the crackdown, Japan and other major nations halted aid to the country.’
- ‘It's the start of the biggest crackdown on crime West Yorkshire has ever seen.’
- ‘There is violence regularly, although a recent crackdown on knives has helped.’
- ‘The Conservatives want a crackdown on the early release of violent offenders.’
- ‘Besides advocating a crackdown he is also proposing affirmative action to help young people.’
- ‘As a means of combating such fecklessness, however, the crackdown is worse than useless.’
- ‘That is, we might be victims of the ongoing crackdown soon anyway, so might as well start fighting now.’
- ‘In the meantime, it is unlikely that this action signals the start of a crackdown on Irish spammers.’
- ‘The Government has announced a crackdown on abandoned cars and licence cheats.’
- ‘Now agents could be taken to court in a crackdown by Trading Standards officers in Manchester.’
clampdown, getting tough, severe measures, stern measures, repression, suppression, abolition, elimination, eradication, end, stopView synonyms
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