📖 Definitions of "Shakedown"
noun
- 1
Extortion, especially through blackmail
"What is this, a shakedown?"
- 2
A thorough search; a frisk
- 3
A trial or test period, especially of a ship or aircraft
- 4
An improvised bed.
adjective
- 1
That tests the performance of a ship or aircraft
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