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The phrase "a total crackdown on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing strict enforcement or severe measures taken against something, often in a legal or regulatory context.
Example: "The government announced a total crackdown on illegal drug trafficking in the city."
Alternatives: "an absolute clampdown on" or "a complete ban on".
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Abbott, the Governor, responded by promising a total "crackdown" on sanctuary cities in the state.
What's more, a total crackdown on the trade could prove disastrous for local communities who have few alternative sources of protein and income.
On the other hand, the ultra-conservative factions in the Iranian establishment have found new justifications for painting the entire women's movement as a threat to the national security - which alienates the moderates within the establishment - and are pushing for a total crackdown on any sort of women's activism.
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, in a letter last month to the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin, Democrat of Michigan, said a total crackdown on the central bank could undermine the administration's "carefully phased" approach and "yield a net economic benefit to the Iranian regime".
The New Economics Foundation estimates there's a maximum of £50bn to be raised here from a total crackdown on tax evasion, but it would need more than just applying the existing law to the small fry.
Steven Mnuchin, the "Collateral Beauty" producer and newly minted treasury secretary, wants a total crackdown on leaks to the media.
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However, imposing a total crackdown is still not easy--it requires a magnetic field of at least 700 tesla (T).
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla .(AP) — Federal agents arrested 26 suspects in three states on Tuesday, including a doctor and nurses, in a crackdown on Medicare fraud totaling $61 million.
The rise of regulation by settlement reflects more than a one-time crackdown on Wall Street.
A crackdown on leaks is a crackdown on the free press and on democracy as a whole.
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