English noun: shakedown |
1. | shakedown (event) initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state |
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| Samples | The new industry's economic shakedown.
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| Broader (hypernym) | accommodation, adjustment, fitting |
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2. | shakedown (act) a very thorough search of a person or a place |
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| Samples | A shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs.
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| Broader (hypernym) | hunt, hunting, search |
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| Domain usage | argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular |
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3. | shakedown (act) extortion of money (as by blackmail) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | extortion |
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| Domain usage | argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular |
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