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Noun
shakedown
Definition: initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown"
shakedown
Definition: a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs"
shakedown
Definition: extortion of money (as by blackmail)
Definition: Extortion, especially through blackmail
Adjective
shakedown
Definition: intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a shakedown cruise"
Definition: that tests the performance of a ship or aircraft