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Shakedown   /ʃˈeɪkdˌaʊn/   Listen
Shakedown

noun
1.
Initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state.
2.
A very thorough search of a person or a place.
3.
Extortion of money (as by blackmail).





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"Shakedown" Quotes from Famous Books



... The office is full, they tell me," he said, bending over the bed. "I'll come in later, and if they'll make me a shakedown, I'll ...
— K • Mary Roberts Rinehart


Words linked to "Shakedown" :   vernacular, adjustment, argot, fitting, search, patois, slang, jargon, accommodation, hunt, extortion, lingo, cant, hunting


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