Synonyms of shook down

shook down

verb

past tense of shake down

as in plucked

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plucked
• cheated
• stung
• squeezed
• hustled
• stuck
• beat
• screwed
• ripped off
• did
• deceived
• victimized
• defrauded
• bled
• euchred
• swindled
• shortchanged
• thimblerigged
• fiddled
• tricked
• mulcted
• exploited
• choused
• did in
• conned
• took for a ride
• suckered
• fleeced
• skinned
• chiselled
• chiseled
• took to the cleaners
• bilked
• rooked
• shorted
• sold a bill of goods to
• flimflammed
• gaffed
• stiffed
• reamed
• diddled
• cozened
• hosed
• nobbled
• betrayed
• fooled
• skunked
• wrenched
• clipped
• extorted
• soaked
• gouged
• roped (in)
• wrung
• nicked
• milked
• overcharged
• duped
• wrested
• gulled
• bamboozled
• bitched
• double-crossed
• fast-talked