shake down
Intermedio alto (B2) informal
To threaten someone into giving you money, or to test something new to make sure it works, or to search someone completely.
"Local gang members were shaking down shop owners for 'protection money' every month."
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Might shake down.
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I'm shake down.
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I'm going to shake down.
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themselves and shake down everyone else around them.
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to act in their own straits locations to try and shake down passing traffic.