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shakedown - extortion of money (as by blackmail) |
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extortion the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)
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argot,
cant,
jargon,
lingo,
patois,
slang,
vernacular insincere talk about religion or morals
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shakedown - a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs" |
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hunt,
hunting,
search the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
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argot,
cant,
jargon,
lingo,
patois,
slang,
vernacular insincere talk about religion or morals
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shakedown - initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown" |
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accommodation,
adjustment,
fitting (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye
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| Adjektiv |
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shakedown - intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a shakedown cruise" |
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shakedown extortion of money (as by blackmail)
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