| Main Entry: | shakedown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extortion |
Synonyms: |
blackmail, exhortation, squeeze* |
| Main Entry: | shakedown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigation |
Synonyms: |
examination, inquiry, probe, search |
| Main Entry: | drill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | practice, exercise |
Synonyms: |
assignment, call, conditioning, constitutional, daily dozen, discipline, dress, drilling, dry run, gym, homework, instruction, learning by doing, maneuvers, marching, preparation, repetition, run-through, shakedown, training, tryout, warm-up, workout |
| Main Entry: | extortion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blackmail; cheating |
Synonyms: |
arm, badger, bite, coercion, compulsion, demand, exaction, force, fraud, oppression, payoff, payola, pressure, protection, racket, rapacity, shake, shakedown, squeeze, stealing, swindle, theft |
| Main Entry: | fraud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trickery, deception |
Synonyms: |
artifice, bamboozlement, barratry, blackmail, cheat, chicane, chicanery, con, craft*, deceit, double-dealing, dupery, duping, duplicity, extortion, fake, fast one, fast shuffle, flimflam, fourberie, fraudulence, graft, guile, hanky-panky, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwinking, hustle*, imposture, line, misrepresentation, racket, scam, sell, shakedown, sham*, sharp practice, skunk, smoke*, song and dance, song*, spuriousness, sting, string, swindle, swindling, treachery |
Antonyms: |
fairness, honesty, justice |
| Main Entry: | practice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat action to improve |
Synonyms: |
become seasoned, build up, discipline, do again, dress, dress rehearse, drill, dry run, exercise, go over, habituate, hone, iterate, polish, prepare, recite, rehearse, run through, shake-down, sharpen, study, train, try out, tune up, walk through, warm up, work, work out |
| Main Entry: | racket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal activity |
Synonyms: |
cheating, con game, confidence game, conspiracy, corruption, crime, dirty pool, dishonesty, dodge, extortion, fraud, game, graft, illegality, illicit scheme, intrigue, lawlessness, lay, plot, push, scheme, shakedown, squeeze*, swindle, swindling, theft, trick, underworld |
| Main Entry: | rehearsal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preparation for performance |
Synonyms: |
call, description, drill, dry run, experiment, going-over, practice, practice session, prep, reading, readying, recital, recitation, recounting, rehearsing, relation, retelling, run-through, shakedown, test flight, trial balloon, trial performance, tryout, workout |
Antonyms: |
cold turkey |
| Main Entry: | scam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swindle |
Synonyms: |
blackmail, cheating, con, con game, crooked deal, deceit, deception, dirty pool, double-cross, double-dealing, extortion, fast one, flimflam, fraud, hoax, hosing, hustle, racket, rip-off, shady deal, shakedown, sham, shell game, snow job, sting, sucker game |
| Main Entry: | search |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seeking to find something |
Synonyms: |
chase, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, frisking, going-over, hunt, inquest, inquiry, inspection, investigation, legwork, perquisition, pursual, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, research, rummage, scrutiny, shakedown, wild-goose chase, witch hunt |
Antonyms: |
finding |