Can Crackdown Be Used as a Verb?

As an intransitive verb phrase, to crack down , with its transitive state to crack down on (something or someone), or as a noun no longer hyphenated or labeled "slang," crackdown is in the news.

Is Crackdown one word or two?

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcrack‧down /ˈkrækdaʊn/ noun [countable usually singular] action that is taken to deal more strictly with crime, a problem, protests etccrackdown on/against a military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations the government's crackdown against drugs → crack down1Examples ...

How do you use crackdown in a sentence?

(1) The government has ordered a crackdown on truancy. (2) The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose. (4) Police officers are confident their successful crackdown on crime will continue. (5) They're having a crackdown on private phone calls from the office.

James H. Sterling

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