Advertisement

Advertisement

View definitions for clampdown

clampdown

noun as in suppression

Discover More

Example Sentences

That resulted in a clampdown on player and manager behaviour at the start of 2023-24 and by Christmas 2023, bookings for dissent had doubled to 1,813 from 966 at the same stage the season before.

From BBC

But athough Trump can order a clampdown on undocumented immigrants as soon as he becomes president, few experts expect his administration to immediately deport the millions of people estimated to be in the United States illegally.

But it does want to see some changes, such as raising the minimum age for buying fireworks from 18 to 21, and a clampdown on the sale of illegal fireworks.

From BBC

The charges against Binance, including tax evasion offences that it denies, were part of a clampdown by the Nigerian authorities on cryptocurrency firms in general over fears they were being used for money laundering and financing terrorism.

From BBC

He said this may be an unintended consequence of the government’s recent clampdown on cutting agents such as benzocaine.

From BBC

Advertisement

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement