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Shakedown   /ʃˈeɪkdˌaʊn/   Listen
Shakedown

noun
1.
Initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state.
2.
A very thorough search of a person or a place.
3.
Extortion of money (as by blackmail).






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