crackdown

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Last month, the government announced a new £30m High Street organised crime unit which it said would deliver new police and Trading Standards officers, tax raids and a crackdown on illegal working.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Deng also crushed intraparty democracy, Pei said, with only Zhao Ziyang—the reform-minded party secretary who was placed under house arrest after opposing the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989—daring to experiment with it briefly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Hajsafi spoke boldly about the government crackdown on mass demonstrations in Iran.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

That changed ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which took place amid nationwide protests following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody and the authorities' crackdown on demonstrators.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

In the few minutes of privacy we’ve had, with me walking him back to town, I gather that the rumblings of an uprising in 12 have been subdued by Thread’s crackdown.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins