Other Definitions
shakedown (enc)
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Shakedown| Noun | 1. | shakedown - initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown" | | | 2. | shakedown - a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs"search, hunting, hunt - the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone | | | 3. | shakedown - extortion of money (as by blackmail)extortion - the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence) | | | Adj. | 1. | 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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