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shake someone down
shake someone down
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.
See also:
down
,
shake
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EspiridiÓN
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Spanish
Billy
['bili]
Tobin
TO-bin
English
NiccolÒ
neek-ko-LO
Italian
Kellie
KEL-ee
English
Whitlock
['hwitlɔk]
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