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Clampdown - What does it mean?

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clampdown

English

Alternative forms

*clamp-down

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control
  • * 1945 , Earl Browder, Political Affairs
    • The suspension of the writ of habeas corpus is merely one step towards the imposition of martial law, toward a total clampdown on all forms of peaceful struggle for meaningful change.
  • * 1994 , Vincent Cable, The World's New Fissures: Identities in Crisis
    • There is already in the EU a clamour for barriers against competing products from Eastern Europe and Asia, and for a Europe-wide clampdown on 'aliens'.

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    * clamp down

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