clamps down
- cracks downEnforces rules strictly
- restrictsPlaces limits upon
- tightensMakes less loose
- suppressesActively prevents expression
- restrainsHolds back or controls
squeezes · controls · enforces · grips · vise · pressure · authority · crackdown · police · raids · censors · silences · throttles · stifles · chokes · locks down · seizes · arrests
enforcement/restriction
clamps downloosens up
Becomes more relaxed
relaxes · eases up · lets up · backs off · deregulates
tolerance/permissiveness
clamps downpermits
Grants formal authorization
allows · tolerates · sanctions · condones · looks the other way
intervention/action
clamps downignores
Refuses to acknowledge
overlooks · disregards · leaves alone · neglects · stands by