shaking down
Coercing for money
Shaking down combines several related ideas.
To shake down a new machine or system is to test it, working out problems: We're still shaking down the new software.
To shake someone down is to extort money from them through threats or intimidation: The gang was shaking down local businesses for protection money.
Shaking down a place means searching it thoroughly: Guards were shaking down the cells for contraband.
- extortionObtaining through threats
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
- testEvaluative examination
- blackmailCoercion through damaging threats
- examineStudy with attention
acclimatizing · exploitation · racketeering · inspect · strong-arming · money grab · settling · startup · bribery · jostle · leveraging · fraud · corruption · tremble · jockeying for position · bargaining · vibrate · manipulation
shaking downrequesting
Asking for something
earning · negotiating · bartering · trading · persuading
shaking downgiving
Transferring to another
donating · gifting · bestowing · granting · contributing
shaking downrequesting
Asking for something
donating · gifting · offering · compensating · reimbursing
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