单词	shakedown
释义	shakedownshake‧down /ˈʃeɪkdaʊn/ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES No firearms were found during the shakedowns at the prison, but guards did recover several knives. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS I am sitting on the edge of the shakedown bed I had hoped to sleep in. Instead, the legislators flee accountability and hide behind a private agreement, asking merely to be let in on the shakedown. Not enough in there, after the shakedown. Recently, there have been signs that the romance market is in the process of a shakedown. 1American English informal when someone gets money from another person by using threats:  a Mafia shakedown2American English informal a thorough search of a place or a person:  No weapons were found during the shakedown.3a period of time when people start to get used to a new arrangement and it becomes more effective4a period of time when prices are falling on a financial market5a final test of a boat, plane etc before it is put into general use:  The new system is in its shakedown phase.6the final shakedown the final situation, after a lot of other things have happened
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