Shakedown - Definition
shakedown
adj 1: intended to test a new system under operating conditions
and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a
shakedown cruise"
n 1: initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the
efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the
new industry's economic shakedown"
2: a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown
by the police uncovered the drugs"
3: extortion of money (as by blackmail)