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shakedown

noun
/ˈʃeɪkdaʊn/US

Etymology

Deverbal from shake down. An improvised bed would originally have been made by shaking down straw.

Definitions

  1. Extortion, especially through blackmail

    • What is this, a shakedown?
    • Four Thai police officers charged with murder in connection with the deadly shakedown of a suspected drug dealer in custody were arrested Wednesday after a video clip of the incident shared on social media caused a public furor.

  2. A thorough search

    A thorough search; a frisk

  3. A trial or test period, especially of a ship or aircraft.

    • It was planning to use an '807' for one day only as part of a shakedown test, ahead of the fleet's formal entry to service which is currently planned for November.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. An improvised bed.

      • "There's nowhere for me to lie down, sir," he answered, and there was in his voice a humbleness which was very distressing. -- "Don't you know anyone in the house who'll give you a shakedown?" -- "No, sir."
      • ‘You two,’ he says, ‘you're not going back tonight. […] I can make you shake-downs on the veranda and we'll have a bite to eat.’

    2. That tests the performance of a ship or aircraft.

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