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    shakedown

    shakedown - Dictionary definition and meaning for word shakedown

    Definition
    (noun) initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state
    Example Sentence
    • the new industry's economic shakedown
    Definition
    (noun) a very thorough search of a person or a place
    Example Sentence
    • a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs
    Definition
    (noun) extortion of money (as by blackmail) Definition
    (adj) intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system
    Example Sentence
    • a shakedown cruise

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text: ♪ Nothin' shakin' on Shakedown Street ♪
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