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  1. clamp down, crack downverb

    repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)

    "The police clamped down on illegal drugs"

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  1. Greg Abbott:

    Lives are at stake as dangerous drugs like fentanyl pour into our communities at an astonishing rate, and we must act now to crack down on this proliferation of this deadly drug, from Tarrant County to Lubbock County, fentanyl is wreaking havoc in our communities and it is essential for parents, family members, schools, and more to get fully engaged to prevent future fentanyl deaths.

  2. Nicole Longo:

    PhRMA supports the FDA's efforts to crack down on organizations that are circumventing its robust safety and efficacy requirements, drug importation schemes expose Americans to potentially unsafe, counterfeit or adulterated medicines.

  3. Vince Warren:

    We are in a crisis situation and we are here to ensure police let people voice their anger and frustration and don't crack down on protesters as hooligans.

  4. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang:

    We must fight it with all our might, we must strictly enforce environmental laws and regulations; crack down on those guilty of creating illegal emissions and ensure they pay a heavy price for such offences; and hold those who allow illegal emissions to account, punishing them accordingly.

  5. Daniel Hoffman:

    In the Soviet days, the Soviets tried to crack down on news and exercise full control over what people could hear and read, you know, like George Orwell ‘1984’ stuff. But they weren't successful and information got in, books got in, banned information got in, russians are crafty people, and they’ll find a way.


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