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shakedown::noun | Spocien Dictionary

shakedown

noun

/'ʃeɪk,daʊn/

a very thorough search of a person or a place

Type	Words
Type of	search, hunt, hunting

a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs.

shakedown

noun

/'ʃeɪk,daʊn/

extortion of money (as by blackmail)

Type	Words
Type of	extortion

shakedown

noun

/'ʃeɪk,daʊn/

initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state

Type	Words
Type of	accommodation, adjustment, fitting

the new industry's economic shakedown.

shakedown

/'ʃeɪk,daʊn/

intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system

Type	Words

a shakedown cruise.