crackdown

Example Sentences

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More than 300 people have been arrested across the UK, including 57 migrants who had crossed the Channel by boat, as part of a police crackdown on illegal trade and organised immigration crime.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

Lawyers have filed a suit against Ghana at west Africa's top human rights court on behalf of deportees sent to the country under the United States' immigration crackdown, the legal team said Tuesday.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

The trades “thus suggest inside knowledge not only of the fact that the crackdown news was going to be announced, but also its approximate timing,” Susquehanna said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

Treasury Department officials in this administration typically take a pro-taxpayer posture, but they have signaled a coming crackdown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

In the few minutes of privacy we’ve had, with me walking him back to town, I gather that the rumblings of an uprising in 12 have been subdued by Thread’s crackdown.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins