"stricten" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1967, Economic Statistics, volume 10, numbers 3-12:",
          "text": "The Bank of Japan strictened, since August, its guidance on the fund position of city banks; it raised, as from September, the official interest rate by #0.001 (per 100 yen per diem); and it also enforced a measure for restricting the increased loans to be extended by urban banks.",
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          "ref": "2013, Issues in Global Environment—Pollution and Waste Management:",
          "text": "According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Overall, the study indicates that paraffinic HVO fuels are suitable for emission reduction with valve and injection timing adjustment and thus provide possibilities for engine manufacturers to meet the strictening emission.\"",
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          "text": "He has no other option than to find some laws that can be strictened, well knowing that it is wrong to make hasty legislation in a highly emotional climate.",
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        "To make or become strict; tighten"
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        "(ambitransitive, rare) To make or become strict; tighten"
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  "etymology_text": "From strict + -en.",
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