How To Use crackdown In A Sentence
- The government last week put a crackdown on hospital cleanliness at the centre of its fight against the superbug MRSA, which kills an estimated 5,000 in-patients every year in the UK.
- The ayatollah broke with Iran's clerical leadership and became a vehement critic, denouncing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and calling the postelection crackdown the work of a dictatorship. Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
- Schoolchildren could be frisked for weapons against their will as teachers are recruited into the crackdown on youth knife culture.
- The girls 'father, Giuseppe De Vito, disappeared in 2006 after the RCMP issued a warrant for his arrest on drug charges as part of what they called a sweeping crackdown on organized crime. Ottawa Sun
- The current scandal could improve his chances-or prompt a crackdown that might dash any hope of his getting power.
- At least nine people have died in bomb attacks launched by the cartels since President Barco ordered the crackdown on the cocaine traffickers.
- Up to 190,000 people will be left to languish on bail for lengthy periods despite a government crackdown, according to official forecasts. Times, Sunday Times
- The crackdown followed five attacks in which industrial-strength display fireworks were used to damage phone boxes and several cars on October 12 and 13.
- The move comes amid a general government crackdown on benefit fraud. Times, Sunday Times
- Opposition parties and Turkey's western allies say the crackdown is targeting all critical voices. Times, Sunday Times
