- Newsday Crossword
- March 12 2022
- Shake down
Shake down
We have found the following answers matching the query 'Shake down' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Shake down crossword clue was last seen on March 12 2022 in the popular Newsday Crossword.
Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | 99% | EXTORT | Shake down | Newsday |
Definition
• | To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt. |
• | To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2. |
• | To practice extortion. |
• | Extorted. |
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