shakedown English

Meaning shakedown meaning

What does shakedown mean?

shakedown

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

— noun a very thorough search of a person or a place a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs

— noun extortion of money (as by blackmail)

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

Synonyms shakedown synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as shakedown?

shakedown English » English

extortion

blackmail

test driver

test drive

tension

strip search

steer

shake-up

setting

set-up

set

search

rummage

regulation

ravishment

rapacity

modification

kit

holdup

grab

frisking

frisk

adjustment

adjust