crack down vs confine

crack down and confine both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crack down	No	No	Yes	No
confine	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, confine is a hypernym of crack down; that is, confine is a word with a broader meaning than crack down:

Other hypernyms of crack down include bound, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel.

crack down (verb)	confine (verb)
repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)	place limits on (extent or amount or access)
	to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
	prevent from leaving or from being removed
	deprive of freedom; take into confinement
	close in