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Meaning of shakedown
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shakedown
adj 1: intended to test a new system under operating conditions
and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a
shakedown cruise"
n 1: initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the
efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the
new industry's economic shakedown"
2: a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown
by the police uncovered the drugs"
3: extortion of money (as by blackmail)
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