Thesaurus results for SHAKEN DOWN

shaken down

verb

past participle of shake down

as in cheated

to rob by the use of trickery or threats the rumor is that he started his career shaking people down as an enforcer for the mob

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Recent Examples of shaken down Law firms are shaken down into submission. — Christopher Bouzy, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025

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In taking that gamble, the authors cheated fans and missed an opportunity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
The simple truth is that no single technology can fully address AI misuse or determine whether a student cheated.

— Melissa Loble, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of cheated

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Pick it up, however, and there's no mistaking how much battery Bluetti has squeezed inside.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Give members of the business and culture press the excuse to write about the rough economics of linear TV and how late night is particularly squeezed.

— Josef Adalian, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of squeezed

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There’s a skate park for grommets, and for those who’ve been beat up in the waves, the option to call for a deeply therapeutic in-villa Balinese massage.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
Hot weather and the FIFA World Cup packed out beer gardens, and in Britain, the night that England beat Panama was pubs’ busiest of the year, with card transactions five times the daily average, according to Barclays.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of beaten

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Kyiv's retaliatory attacks mean Russian exports are now also stuck, further squeezing global supply.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026
In a cozy suburb of Minneapolis, a guy in a blue jumpsuit is once again stuck aboard a space station with his robot pals, watching the worst movies ever made.

— Joe Otterson, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of stuck

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The Golden Globes will also be done and dusted with its 2027 ceremony set for January 10.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
Getting things done is not the same as leading people, managing performance, holding a team accountable and driving the business forward.

— Ken Paskins, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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