Today’s “Word of the Day” is “ crack down on ” and it is a phrasal verb meaning “to become more strict in dealing with a problem; to take strict or stern actions to stop something; clamp down on; get tough on, keep under control, repress, suppress, restrict”.
Example Sentence: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer have both pledged to crack down on antisocial behaviour. But policing social problems won’t make them go away… There is a risk that putting more police on the streets to pick up the pieces of a broken public realm will lead to vulnerable people being criminalised rather than supported… Arresting more people won’t fix that.
This word is present in The Guardian view on community policing: patrols aren’t a panacea and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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