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shakedown

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃeɪkdaʊn/Part of speech noun, adjectiveSorted adehknoswStarts with SEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. extortion of money (as by blackmail)

Word origin

Deverbal from shake down. An improvised bed would originally have been made by shaking down straw.

Used in a sentence

  • What is this, a shakedown?
  • It was planning to use an '807' for one day only as part of a shakedown test, ahead of the fleet's formal entry to service which is currently planned for November.
  • "There's nowhere for me to lie down, sir," he answered, and there was in his voice a humbleness which was very distressing. -- "Don't you know anyone in the house who'll give you a shakedown?" -- "No, sir."

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