shakedown
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state
the new industry's economic shakedown
Types & categories
- accommodation hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system
a shakedown cruise
Related & opposite
- shakedown pertains to
Sense 3 noun
a very thorough search of a person or a place
a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs
Types & categories
- search hypernym
Related & opposite
- jargon domain usage
Sense 4 noun
extortion of money (as by blackmail)
Types & categories
- extortion hypernym
Related & opposite
- jargon domain usage
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | accommodation |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | shakedown |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | jargon |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | search |
| 4 | domain usage | Related & opposite | jargon |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | extortion |