What is another word for shake down?
Pronunciation:
[ ʃˈe͡ɪk dˈa͡ʊn], [ ʃˈeɪk dˈaʊn], [ ʃ_ˈeɪ_k d_ˈaʊ_n]
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Similar words for shake down:
- other relevant words (noun)
- blackmail (verb)
- elicit (verb)
- exact (verb)
- examine, quiz (verb)
- experiment (verb)
- extort (verb)
- frisk (verb)
- intimidating for money (verb)
- investigate, test (verb)
- investigate; discover (verb)
- practice (verb)
- pressure (verb)
- ransack (verb)
- rummage (verb)
- screw (verb)
- search (verb)
- squeeze (verb)
- test (verb)
- wring (verb)
- other synonyms
- draw out
- experiment
- frisk
- mislead
- other relevant words
- search
Synonyms for Shake down:
n.
• Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• blackmail (verb)- coerce,
- demand,
- badger,
- force,
- ransom,
- threaten,
- hold to ransom,
- shake,
- milk,
- compel,
- put the shake on,
- exact.
- evince,
- bring out,
- bring forth,
- obtain,
- fetch,
- derive,
- educe,
- give rise to,
- call forth,
- bring,
- rattle,
- put muscle on,
- put the arm on,
- extract,
- evolve,
- bite,
- cause,
- evoke,
- arm-twist.
- lean on,
- claim,
- challenge,
- require,
- postulate,
- gouge,
- impose,
- solicit,
- command,
- call,
- requisition,
- put on,
- insist upon,
- pinch,
- oblige,
- assess,
- constrain,
- levy,
- wrench.
- test.
- study,
- try out,
- put to the test,
- explore,
- practice with,
- diagnose,
- speculate,
- assay,
- prove,
- scrutinize,
- try on for size,
- futz around,
- sample,
- try,
- venture,
- verify,
- weigh,
- try on,
- mess around,
- examine,
- analyze,
- fool with,
- play around with.
- pull one's leg,
- secure,
- ice,
- clip,
- skin,
- make pay through nose,
- put screws to,
- sting,
- hold up,
- soak,
- fleece,
- bully,
- get.
- dig.
- prepare,
- work,
- habituate,
- walk through,
- dry run,
- shake-down,
- discipline,
- recite,
- become seasoned,
- sharpen,
- work out,
- polish,
- hone,
- drill,
- iterate,
- dress rehearse,
- warm up,
- do again,
- tune up,
- run through,
- dress,
- exercise,
- build up,
- go over,
- rehearse,
- train.
- investigate,
- rape,
- go through,
- scan,
- pilfer,
- hunt,
- raid,
- lift,
- thieve,
- filch,
- go over with a fine-tooth comb,
- maraud,
- poach,
- ravish,
- scour,
- sack,
- seek,
- despoil,
- make off with,
- peer,
- rob,
- take away,
- rustle,
- overhaul,
- look all over for,
- strip,
- pillage,
- spy,
- purloin,
- pry,
- loot,
- lay waste,
- leave no stone unturned,
- gut,
- rake,
- seize,
- ferret,
- rifle,
- sound,
- plunder,
- steal,
- look high and low,
- spoil.
- disarray,
- disorganize,
- ferret out,
- disturb,
- jumble,
- toss,
- beat the bushes,
- search high heaven,
- dig out,
- poke,
- mess up,
- mix up,
- fish,
- grub,
- disarrange,
- disorder,
- disrupt.
- cheat,
- hold a knife to,
- pressurize,
- oppress,
- bilk,
- DO.
- cast about,
- run down,
- look for,
- gun for,
- grope,
- poke into,
- look over,
- track down,
- hunt for,
- chase after,
- quest,
- go in quest of,
- beat,
- scout,
- smell around,
- look,
- rifle through,
- beat about.
Other synonyms:
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- cash in,
- recover,
- monetize,
- earn,
- claim back,
- collect,
- appropriate.
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- inspect.
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- squeeze.
How to use "Shake down" in context?
The term "shake down" has been in use since the days of Prohibition, when law enforcement agents would threaten criminal suspects with "shake downs" in order to ensure their cooperation in future investigations. During the 20th century, the term has been used to describe a variety of approaches law enforcement agents use to coerce people into providing them with information or money.
Today, the term "shake down" is still used by law enforcement officials to describe various methods they use to extract information or money from someone they suspect of criminal activity.
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