WordNet: housecleaning

(figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions; "more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms"; "many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners"

• domain: usage figure, figure of speech, image, trope

• hypernym reform

housecleaning

• (suomi) suursiivous (synonyymi)