shakedown

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• March 29. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  shakedown — noun — english

  initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown"

• March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  shakedown — noun — english

  a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs"

• March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  shakedown — noun — english

  extortion of money (as by blackmail)

• March 31. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  shakedown — adjective — english

  intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a shakedown cruise"