What is the meaning of the word "shakedown"?
Definitions:
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a very thorough search of a person or a place noun
- a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs
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initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state noun
- the new industry's economic shakedown
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intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system adjective
- a shakedown cruise