crackdown
strong discipline to stop unwanted behaviour
TRANSLATION
crackdown = hartes Durchgreifen, scharfes Vorgehen --- GOOGLE INDEX crackdown: approximately 550,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Motorists and passengers are warned they face fines if they are caught without seatbelts as part of a two-week CRACKDOWN.
(BBC News)
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Police in Bath are to CRACK DOWN on late-night crime and drink-related anti-social behaviour.
(BBC News)
(BBC News)
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Police in Bath are to CRACK DOWN on late-night crime and drink-related anti-social behaviour.
(BBC News)
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crackdown
noun
- a severe series of measures against undesirable or illegal behaviour
crack down
verb
- to take severe measures against undesirable or illegal behaviour
(Compact Oxford English Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Crackdown is a compound noun consisting of "crack", meaning to exert pressure, and "down", which in this context means in or into a weaker or worse position, mood, or condition.
Governments often allocate significant resources to crackdown on activities like drug trafficking, illegal immigration and smuggling. After all, governments are responsible for maintaining safety and general order. Does that include protecting its citizens from baggy trousers too?
If you live in Delcambre, Louisiana in the United States, the answer is yes. Residents began complaining about young men walking the streets in baggy trousers worn so low that their underwear was visible. The town council passed a law that carries a fine of up to $500 or six months in jail for exposing underwear in public.
This trend apparently originated in U.S. prisons where inmates are not given belts with their baggy uniform trousers to prevent hangings and beatings. By the late 1980s, the trend had made it to music videos, then to skateboarders in the suburbs and school hallways.
One young man interviewed at a shopping mall in Louisiana has a more practical view of the baggy phenomenon: "The reason I don't wear tight pants is because it's easier to get money out of my pocket this way. It's just more comfortable."
Shop owners must be in full agreement!
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SYNONYMS
(verb)
clamp down, check, crush, end, neutralize, put a stop to, quell, rein in, restrain, squelch, suppress
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"China will not benefit from a free market until the authorities crackdown on counterfeit products."
noun
- a severe series of measures against undesirable or illegal behaviour
crack down
verb
- to take severe measures against undesirable or illegal behaviour
(Compact Oxford English Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Crackdown is a compound noun consisting of "crack", meaning to exert pressure, and "down", which in this context means in or into a weaker or worse position, mood, or condition.
Governments often allocate significant resources to crackdown on activities like drug trafficking, illegal immigration and smuggling. After all, governments are responsible for maintaining safety and general order. Does that include protecting its citizens from baggy trousers too?
If you live in Delcambre, Louisiana in the United States, the answer is yes. Residents began complaining about young men walking the streets in baggy trousers worn so low that their underwear was visible. The town council passed a law that carries a fine of up to $500 or six months in jail for exposing underwear in public.
This trend apparently originated in U.S. prisons where inmates are not given belts with their baggy uniform trousers to prevent hangings and beatings. By the late 1980s, the trend had made it to music videos, then to skateboarders in the suburbs and school hallways.
One young man interviewed at a shopping mall in Louisiana has a more practical view of the baggy phenomenon: "The reason I don't wear tight pants is because it's easier to get money out of my pocket this way. It's just more comfortable."
Shop owners must be in full agreement!
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SYNONYMS
(verb)
clamp down, check, crush, end, neutralize, put a stop to, quell, rein in, restrain, squelch, suppress
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"China will not benefit from a free market until the authorities crackdown on counterfeit products."
