shakedown

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I - noun

1. initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state
- the new industry's economic shakedown
• Hypernyms:
adjustment, accommodation, fitting
2. a very thorough search of a person or a place
- a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs
• Usage Domain:
slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot,
patois, vernacular
• Hypernyms:
search, hunt, hunting
3. extortion of money (as by blackmail)
• Usage Domain:
slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot,
patois, vernacular
• Hypernyms:
extortion

II - adjective

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