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shake down

To get money from someone using threats.
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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'shake down':

shake downTo cause something to fall down by shaking it, or something it is attached to.
shake downTo shake someone so money falls from their pockets.
shake downTo search exhaustively.
shake downTo subject something to a shakedown test.
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