shake down

See also: shakedown and shake-down

English

Verb

shake down

1. (transitive) To cause something to fall down by shaking it, or something it is attached to.

   shake down apples from an apple tree.

2. (transitive) To shake someone so money falls from their pockets.
3. (by extension) To get money from someone using threats.
4. To search exhaustively.
5. To subject something to a shakedown test.

Translations

cause something to fall down

• German: herunterschütteln
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• Maori: rui

to extort money using threats

• German: erpressen (de)
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• Romanian: extorca (ro)

to search exhaustively

• German: durchsuchen (de), filzen (de)
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• Romanian: percheziționa (ro)

so subject something to a shakedown text

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