shakedown

n. an act of extortion. (Underworld.) Mary was giving Bruno the shakedown, so he tried to put her out of the way.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
L&Aelig;Rke	-	Danish
Germano	-	Italian, Portuguese
Dong	-	Chinese
Melissa	mə-LIS-ə (English)	English, Dutch, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Bernat	-	Catalan
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