as in to cheat
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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Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
Even the dean of the council, Burke, wasn’t above shaking down a businessman who needed city permits to fix up a rundown Burger King.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2024
Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2024
Ed Burke, 14th, spent nearly $3.8 million on legal fees tied to his federal shakedown case before he was sentenced to two years in federal prison.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
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The governor also was charged with shaking down leaders of a racetrack and a children’s hospital for political donations.
—Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
Even the dean of the council, Burke, wasn’t above shaking down a businessman who needed city permits to fix up a rundown Burger King.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2024
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After years of delays, Starliner launched in June for what was meant to be a roughly weeklong test mission — a final shakedown before it could be certified to rotate crew to and from the orbital laboratory.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2024
Ed Burke, 14th, spent nearly $3.8 million on legal fees tied to his federal shakedown case before he was sentenced to two years in federal prison.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
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Most significantly, with three other dangerous Bears weapons spread to the right, safety Xavier Woods began cheating in that direction before the play began.Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
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Martha Stewart threatened to burn down her own home over husband's cheating 'right on our property' Stewart had shared her two cents about the Red Notice star as a guest on Bilt Rewards' Rent Free game show.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Now everybody’s chilling, getting in their bus bunk by 11:00 p.m.Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2024
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The room and bunks are decorated in neutrals with pops of the aforementioned moody blue-gray color.Claire Hoppe, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2024
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Reconfiguring your out-of-home commitments may take some trial and error.Maggie O'Neill, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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Best Banana Republic Black Friday jeans deals Finding on-trend, hugs-you-in-all-the-right-places jeans takes trial and error—and Glamour editors can assure you that Banana Republic more than delivers on this front.Maura Jenkins, Glamour, 2 Nov. 2024
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In 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis began when a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance aircraft captured photographic evidence of Soviet medium-range ballistic missiles in Cuba.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
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The first defensive measures to appear in Russian reconnaissance drones were small backward-facing cameras.David Hambling, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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For the third time this season, Jojo calmly squeezed the trigger and neatly folded the first tom.Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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These new prices would squeeze consumer budgets, especially for low-income households that spend triple as much of their monthly budgets on apparel as high-income households spend, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Annie Nova,Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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This nylon hammock folds down into a small storage pouch, is incredibly lightweight while still able to hold up to 400 pounds of weight, and uses two Talon straps and carabiners to secure it between two trees.Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2024
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Felipe Castellari The lodge’s Edenic (and fenced-in) grounds were built around relaxation, with hammocks and loungers, private patios, a central fireplace room, and a bay-view swimming pool.Stephanie Vermillion, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2024
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However, his ability to win reelection in a district that his party's presidential nominee has all but given up on is a test of the dwindling trend of ticket-splitting.Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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If former resistance becomes support, as the price chart analysis saying goes, then a test of the $21/$20 may be expected.John Navin, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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As fundamentalists seize control, the women remove their veils, speak about their intimate hopes, loves and disappointments, their femininity and their search for a place in an increasingly oppressive society.Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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World & Nation In Lebanon, a search for safety and sanity as half a million are displaced Sept. 27, 2024 The shrine was damaged in the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, then renovated.Sally Abou Aljoud, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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