Synonyms for crackdown
ˈkrækˌdaʊncrack·down

Princeton's WordNet

1. crackdownnoun

   severely repressive actions

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1. • Suppression

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1. List of paraphrases for "crackdown":

   suppression, repression, deterrence, deterrent, campaign

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1. Nikki Haley:

   China created a Communist surveillance state, is committing genocide against the Uyghurs, and unleashed COVID on the world, this crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong is another reason we must never stop calling them out and holding their feet to the fire.

2. Tian Weidong:

   Although the ECB announcement is good news, Chinese investors are cautious leading up to the weekend, particularly after last Friday's crackdown.

3. Erika Lee:

   It's unclear how large a trend this is, how common it is and whether the federal government crackdown on it has fully addressed this situation.

4. Benjamin Weinthal:

   The number of Christians in Iran is estimated at between 200,000 and 500,000, out of an overall population of nearly 78 million. Although the Islamic Republic’s constitution guarantees on paper that Christianity, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism are protected religions, the application of Sharia Law — or Islamic Law — relegates the members of the minority religions to second class citizens. The historical term for a subjugated non-Muslim religious minority member living in an Islamic society is dhimmi. In response to multiple FoxNews.com media queries about the convicted Iranian Christians, Hamid Babaei, head of the press office in the Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in New York, declined to comment. Saba Farzan said the latest crackdown is further affirmation that the current talks between the U.S. and Iran on lifting economic sanctions in exchange for guarantees Iran won't pursue nuclear weapons can not proceed in good faith. They never made sense and never will, Saba Farzan said. The West can't discuss arms control with a leadership that oppresses religious minorities and human rights activists.

5. Phoenix Kalen at Societe Generale:

   Market participants are anxious regarding the extent of the Western backlash against Russia in response to the government’s crackdown on protests by Navalny supporters.