Usually means: Strictly enforce rules or laws.
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  1. crack down: Merriam-Webster
  2. crack down: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. crack-down: Wordnik
  5. crack down: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. crack down: Wiktionary
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  8. Crack Down: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  10. crack down: FreeDictionary.org
  11. crack down: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  13. crack down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. crack down: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (crack down)

verb:  (idiomatic, often with 'on') To take harsh action (against), as when enforcing a law more stringently than before.

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