Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shakedown

3 senses of shakedown

Sense 1
shakedown -- (initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown")
       => adjustment, accommodation, fitting -- (making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances)

Sense 2
shakedown -- (a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs")
       => search, hunt, hunting -- (the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)

Sense 3
shakedown -- (extortion of money (as by blackmail))
       => extortion -- (the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence))

Similarity of adj shakedown

1 sense of shakedown

Sense 1
shakedown -- (intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a shakedown cruise")