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crackdown Translations crackdown [ˈkrækdaun] n crackdown (on) (on crime) → répression f (de); (on spending) → restrictions fpl (de) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Employees at Smithfield Foods processing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina, walked off the job November 16 and 17 to protest the company's firing of fifty workers as part of a crackdown on undocumented workers. According to China specialist Mickey Spiegel of Human Rights Watch, government officials have increased crackdowns on the clergy and the congregations attending unregistered Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist, Daoist, and Muslim services. Is the Vatican's crackdown on gay priests in the United States a direct result of recent advances in LGBT equality? |
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