Castigate vs Crackdown - What's the difference?
castigate | crackdown |
To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely.
* 1977 , , Penguin Classics, p. 261:
To revise or make corrections to a publication.
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Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement
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As a verb castigate
is to punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely.As a noun crackdown is
abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.castigate
English
Verb
(castigat)- The curse of avarice and cupidity / Is all my sermon, for it frees the pelf. / Out come the pence, and specially for myself, / For my exclusive purpose is to win / And not at all to castigate their sin.
Synonyms
* (to punish severely) chastise, punish, rebuke, reprimand * (to revise a publication) correct, revise * See alsoReferences
crackdown
English
Noun
(en noun)Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
- After a harsh police crackdown last week fueled anger and swelled protests, President Dilma Rousseff, a former guerrilla who was imprisoned under the dictatorship and has now become the target of pointed criticism herself, tried to appease dissenters by embracing their cause on Tuesday.