shake someone down

1. tv. to blackmail someone. (Underworld.) The police chief was trying to shake down just about everybody in town.

2. tv. to put pressure on someone to lend one money. We tried to shake them down for a few hundred, but no deal.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Electra	ə-LEKT-rə (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Mani (1)	-	Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada
Jothi	-	Tamil
Tyreek	-	African American (Modern)
FermÍN	-	Spanish
Lulu (1)	LOO-loo	German