Sentence examples for a crack down from inspiring English sources

The new President, Maithripala Sirisensa, has pledged major reforms, including a crack down on corruption.

But concern that the problem of serious youth violence might be over-simplified as "gang-related" or a symptom of "gang-culture" and counter-productively addressed with a "crack down" mentality have been acknowledged by the IAG's joint chair Claudia Webbe.

Police officers have carried out a series of morning raids in Aberdeen in the latest phase of a crack down on drug dealers.

He carries a BlackBerry with a crack down the front.

Islamic groups fear this could be a precursor to a crack down.

He goes his own way, thoughtfully, always looking for the opportunity of a crack down the middle".

Now the government is promising a crack-down.

Safety looks like a crack-down on and investigation of white supremacy.

Moreover, the FARC has made a crack-down on the paramilitaries a condition for agreeing to talk to the government.

Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, has announced a crack-down on corruption, which he says threatens to undermine the revolution.

In Malaysia, under the government of Mahathir Mohamad, anti-terror laws were indeed abused and amounted to a crack-down on the legitimate opposition.