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shakedown

adjective
  1. intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system
    “a shakedown cruise”
noun
  1. extortion of money (as by blackmail)
  2. a very thorough search of a person or a place
    “a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs”
  3. initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state
    “the new industry's economic shakedown”