What is this, a shakedown?
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Shakedown
/ˈʃeɪkdaʊn/
Synonyms for "shakedown" (52 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (15)
Noun(9 words)
Related words (26)
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19 entriesaccommodationadjustmentcoercioncoercive actioncrimecriminal actevaluationextortionfittinghunthuntingillegal activityinspectioninvestigationqualification proceduresearch
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20 entriesbody searchcalibration testcoercive tacticengine testextortion tacticfunctionality testnavigation testpilot runpilot testpolice intimidationpolice shakedownproperty searchprotection racketracketeeringshakedown teststress test
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Collocations
10 entriescoercive shakedownextortion shakedownillicit shakedownpolice shakedownsecurity shakedownshakedown cruiseshakedown operationshakedown schemeshakedown tacticshakedown test
Inflections
7 entriesDerivations
1 entriesshake down
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Four Thai police officers charged with murder in connection with the deadly shakedown of a suspected drug dealer in custody were arrested Wednesday after a video clip of the incident shared on social media caused a public furor.
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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.
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All sorts of gossip floated about; one story told was that a selector, and not the youngest of that staid and sober party, was found putting his boots into his shakedown at night, and lying outside the entrance of his tent, giving careful directions to some one to call him in time for the morning mail.
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