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- noun Plural form of
crackdown .
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Examples
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His example may have inspired others, despite sharp crackdowns from the Chinese government.
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Hundreds of monks in red robes and with shaven heads converged alongwith scores of other Tibetans at the Tsuglagkhang main temple early Sunday to join the Dalai Lama at his abode-in-exile at Mcleodganj near here to offer prayers for the Tibetans killed in Chinese crackdowns, including the latest one a year ago.
India eNews 2009
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March 8th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - Hundreds of monks in red robes and with shaven heads converged alongwith scores of other Tibetans at the Tsuglagkhang main temple early Sunday to join the Dalai Lama at his abode-in-exile at Mcleodganj near here to offer prayers for the Tibetans killed in Chinese crackdowns, including the latest one a year ago.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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In the U.S. it is illegal to even hand out paraphernalia, and law enforcement has engaged in crackdowns.
The Harm Reduction Controversy & Injection Sites : Law is Cool 2009
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Politically the likeliest reaction is, "Let's get these guys and put them in the slam," which is why Congress is in such a rush to pass bills that can be called crackdowns or tough measures.
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Stories on Russian state media have been done glorifying the opposition, hypocritical criticism of the "crackdowns", and so on.
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He describes the "crackdowns", when Indian security forces would surround a village and parade its inhabitants in front of a masked informer.
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Newspapers of both left and right are also suckers for stories about "crackdowns" on benefit claimants, the right because they want to applaud assaults on the idle and the left because they want to be outraged by attacks on the defenceless.
Great reforms in principle, quick and painful cuts in practice Andrew Rawnsley 2010
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Minimum sentences,'crackdowns' and the rest of it are no substitute for unglamorous day to day solid police work.
Top Cop Slams Beaks Bystander 2008
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Minimum sentences,'crackdowns' and the rest of it are no substitute for unglamorous day to day solid police work.
Archive 2008-03-01 Bystander 2008
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