clamp down#10 (v)
crack down#10 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
examples The police clamped down on illegal drugs
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
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Hypernym restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
Derivationally related form crack down → crackdown
Derivationally related form clamp down → clampdown
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Derivationally related form clampdown → clamp down
Derivationally related form crackdown → crack down
Hyponym restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle

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