shake down

See also: shakedown and shake-down

English

Verb

(transitive) To cause something to fall down by shaking it, or something it is attached to.
shake down apples from an apple tree.
(transitive) To shake someone so money falls from their pockets.
(by extension) To get money from someone using threats.
To search exhaustively.
To subject something to a shakedown test.

Translations

cause something to fall down

German: herunterschütteln

Maori: rui

to extort money using threats

German: erpressen (de)

Romanian: extorca (ro)

to search exhaustively

German: durchsuchen (de), filzen (de)

Romanian: percheziționa (ro)

so subject something to a shakedown text

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