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Shake down

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo cause something to fall down by shaking it, or something it is attached to.
"shake down apples from an apple tree."
2.VerbTo shake someone so money falls from their pockets. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3.VerbTo extort money from (someone) by means of threats.
4.VerbTo search exhaustively.
5.VerbTo subject something to a shakedown test.
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