shakedown

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shake·down

(shāk′doun′)

1. Slang Extortion of money, as by blackmail.

2. Slang A thorough search of a place or person.

3. A test or period of appraisal followed by adjustments to improve efficiency or functioning.

adj.

Serving as a test of a new product or model, especially of a vehicle, ship, or aircraft: a shakedown cruise; a shakedown flight.

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shake•down

(ˈʃeɪkˌdaʊn)

n.

1. extortion, as by blackmail.

2. a thorough search.

3. a makeshift bed, esp. one made up on the floor.

4. the act or process of shaking down.

5. a cruise or flight made in preparation for regular service by familiarizing the crew with a craft's operation, adjusting machinery, etc.

[1490–1500]

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Noun	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" accommodation, adjustment, fitting - making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
	2.	shakedown - a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs" search, hunting, hunt - the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
	3.	shakedown - extortion of money (as by blackmail) extortion - the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence) jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
Adj.	1.	shakedown - intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a shakedown cruise"

shakedown

noun

Slang. A thorough search of a place or persons:

frisk, search.

Translations

shakedown

[ˈʃeɪkdaʊn] N

1. (= shaking) → sacudida f

2. (Brit) (= bed) → camastro m, cama f improvisada

3. (before noun) a shakedown cruise/flight → una travesía/un vuelo de prueba

4. (US) (= swindle) → estafa f, timo m; (= search) to give sth a shakedown → registrar algo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

shakedown

[ˈʃeɪkdaʊn] n

(= final test) [boat, plane, car] → dernier essai m

(US) (= search) → fouille f

(US) (= extortion) → racket m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

shakedown

n (= bed) → Lager nt, → Notbett nt; (US inf) (= extortion) → Gaunerei f; (= search) → Razzia f (inf), → Durchsuchung f; he slept on a shakedown in the living room → er hatte sein Lager im Wohnzimmer aufgeschlagen, er kampierte im Wohnzimmer; to give a room a shakedown → ein Zimmer nt → auf den Kopf stellen; shakedown cruise → Probefahrt f

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