clampdown
Sudden authoritarian restriction
A clampdown is a sudden imposition of restrictions or enforcement, typically by authorities seeking to suppress something: a clampdown on illegal immigration, a clampdown on dissent.
The word implies swift, forceful action where previous tolerance or laxity existed.
To clamp down is to impose such restrictions: Police clamped down on street vendors.
Sudden armed incursion
- sweepBrush clean with broom
- arrestsLawful detentions by police
- roundupOrganized gathering of scattered things
- stingSharp wound from insect
patrol · surveillance · confiscation · detention · curfew · interrogation · prosecution · inspection
Official content restriction
- silencingStopping noise or dissent
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- quashingForcibly ending or voiding
muzzling · gagging · squashing · throttling · blackout · media control · dissent · protest
Official restriction on something
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- curtailmentAct of reducing scope
- moratoriumTemporary prohibition or delay
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
quarantine · blockade · cordon · curfew · freeze · limitation · constraint · interdiction
System of governance
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- autocracyRule by one
junta · martial law · strongman · iron fist · oppression · persecution · purge · police state
raid
Sudden armed incursion
- sweepBrush clean with broom
- arrestsLawful detentions by police
- roundupOrganized gathering of scattered things
sting · patrol · surveillance · confiscation · detention · curfew · interrogation · prosecution · inspection · police
censorship
Official content restriction
- silencingStopping noise or dissent
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
quashing · muzzling · gagging · squashing · throttling · blackout · media control · dissent · protest · free speech
ban
Official restriction on something
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- curtailmentAct of reducing scope
- moratoriumTemporary prohibition or delay
embargo · quarantine · blockade · cordon · curfew · freeze · limitation · constraint · interdiction · blacklist
regime
System of governance
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
autocracy · junta · martial law · strongman · iron fist · oppression · persecution · purge · police state · despotism
- enforcementenforcement actions, fines, enforcement agencies, penalties, enforcement officers
- suppressionrepression, inhibition, restraint, silencing, muzzling
clampdownleniency
Mildness in punishment
permissiveness · tolerance · laxity · indulgence · forbearance
clampdownliberalization
Reducing state economic controls
opening up · emancipation · freedom · deregulation · liberty
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