shakedownnoun
uk/ˈʃeɪk.daʊn/us/ˈʃeɪk.daʊn/US informalshakedown noun (THREAT)
[ C ] the activity of getting money from someone by threatening or tricking them
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Cheating & tricking
- a numbers game idiom
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- fleece
- gag
- honeyfuggle
- hoodwink
- impersonate
- jape
- jiggery-pokery
- poison
- ruse
- scam
- scammer
- screw
- sell sb a bill of goods idiom
- shaft
- wool
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shakedown noun (SEARCH)
[ C usually singular ] a careful search in order to find things that are stolen or illegal:
Two policemen gave his place a real shakedown.
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Searching
- a needle in a haystack idiom
- beachcomber
- bounty hunter
- burrow
- cast around
- dig
- drag
- nose
- once-over
- pick
- pick through sth
- poke
- poke around
- seek
- trail
- turn a place inside out idiom
- turn sth upside down idiom
- wanted
- wild-goose chase
- witch hunt
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shakedownadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈʃeɪk.daʊn/us/ˈʃeɪk.daʊn/USbecoming organized after a period of change:
The new administration is still in the shakedown period.
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Managing and organizing
- act
- administer
- administration
- bureaucracy
- bureaucratic
- campaign
- have sth in hand idiom
- head sth up
- in hand idiom
- kaizen
- manage
- management
- restructure
- run the show idiom
- running
- square
- square sth/sb away
- stage
- stage-manage
- stewardship
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