giro di vite

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Italian

Etymology

Literally, turn of screw.

Noun

giro di vite m (plural giri di vite)

  1. (idiomatic) turn of the screw, clampdown, crackdown
    • 2020 September 29, Raimondo Bultrini, “Amnesty lascia l'India: "Trattati come criminali. Da governo, caccia alle streghe" [Amnesty leaves India: "Treated like criminals. From the government, witchhunt"]”, in la Repubblica:
      Non è una coincidenza – sostengono i critici di Modi – che il giro di vite contro avvocati, attivisti e studenti sia aumentato durante la pandemia di coronavirus.
      It is not a coincidence – claim Modi's critics – that the crackdown against lawyers, activists and students is increasing during the coronavirus pandemic.