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Noun [English]

Forms: crackdowns [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from crack down. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|crack down}} Deverbal from crack down Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} crackdown (countable and uncountable, plural crackdowns)
  1. Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (increased enforcement): قَمْع (qamʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), 鎮壓 (Chinese Cantonese), 镇压 (zan³ aat³) (Chinese Cantonese), 鎮壓 (Chinese Mandarin), 镇压 (zhènyā) (Chinese Mandarin), 痛擊 (Chinese Mandarin), 痛击 (tòngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 彈壓 (Chinese Mandarin), 弹压 (tányā) (Chinese Mandarin), repressie [feminine] (Dutch), onderdrukking [feminine] (Dutch), kurinpalautus (Finnish), tukahdutus (note: of protests) [usually] (Finnish), acte de répression (French), hartes Durchgreifen [neuter] (German), scharfes Vorgehen [neuter] (German), Razzia [feminine] (German), καταστολή (katastolí) [feminine] (Greek), πάταξη (pátaxi) [feminine] (Greek), אכיפה מוגברת (akhifá mugbéret) [feminine] (Hebrew), penggrebekan (Indonesian), giro di vite (Italian), misura restrittiva (Italian), repressione [feminine] (Italian), 弾圧 (dan'atsu) (alt: だんあつ) (Japanese), 단속 (dansok) (alt: 團束) (Korean), 탄압 (tanap) (alt: 彈壓) (Korean), repressão (Portuguese), разго́н (razgón) [masculine] (Russian), репре́ссия (représsija) [feminine] (Russian), примене́ние суро́вых мер (primenénije suróvyx mer) [neuter] (Russian), represión (Spanish), opresión [feminine] (Spanish), supresión [feminine] (Spanish), campaña contra [feminine] (Spanish), mano dura [masculine] (Spanish), ola represiva [feminine] (Spanish), medidas represivas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), nedslag [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razgón",
      "sense": "increased enforcement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "разго́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "représsija",
      "sense": "increased enforcement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "репре́ссия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "primenénije suróvyx mer",
      "sense": "increased enforcement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "примене́ние суро́вых мер"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "increased enforcement",
      "word": "represión"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "increased enforcement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opresión"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "increased enforcement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "supresión"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "increased enforcement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "campaña contra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "increased enforcement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mano dura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "increased enforcement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ola represiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "increased enforcement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "medidas represivas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "increased enforcement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nedslag"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crackdown"
}

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