clamp down on

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w>clamp down on

vi +prep obj person → an die Kandare nehmen; expenditure, activities → einen Riegel vorschieben (+dat); news broadcasts → unterdrücken; the government clamped down on private radio stations → die Regierung holte zum Schlag gegen private Rundfunksender aus
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