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crack down
verb as in compel
verb as in enforce
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verb as in restrain
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verb as in stifle
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This year, 14 states enacted new laws to crack down on copper theft.
At his press conference this week, Hichilema accused illegal artisanal miners of being behind the violence as his government was trying to crack down on this unregistered work.
Unlike some schools that are fighting the administration’s efforts to crack down on foreign student enrollment, ASU has asked how it can meet the new demands faster and bring students to campus.
As a result, the law-makers have spent years trying to crack down on dangerous play by empowering referees to sanction illegal tackles with red and yellow cards.
But Malhotra said the UK was ramping up efforts to protect people from such exploitation and working with law enforcement agencies of countries like India to share intelligence and crack down on such gangs.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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