How to say "crackdown" in Japanese

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  • 大捕り物おおとりもの
    nounThis is really a roundup, manhunt, or swoop — a large sweep catching many offenders; it can also mean rounding up animals. Less common, it is seldom the word you want for a police crackdown.
  • 手入れていれJLPT N2approx.Common
    noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'crackdown' as a police raid: officers move in on a place or activity where something illegal is going on. As the common word for this sense, it is the safe choice.
    The main office was raided by the police.

For a police crackdown or raid, 「手入れ」 is the common, safe choice; 「大捕り物」, less common, is really a roundup, manhunt, or swoop — a large sweep catching many offenders — and matches 'crackdown' only in that sweeping sense.

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