Synonyms of shakes down

shakes down

verb

present tense third-person singular of shake down

as in squeezes

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

• squeezes
• cheats
• stings
• plucks
• hustles
• beats
• sticks
• rips off
• screws
• does
• cozens
• bleeds
• chouses
• deceives
• shorts
• tricks
• victimizes
• does in
• takes to the cleaners
• mulcts
• flimflams
• defrauds
• shortchanges
• euchres
• cons
• takes for a ride
• swindles
• sells a bill of goods to
• suckers
• thimblerigs
• skins
• fiddles
• fleeces
• reams
• exploits
• bilks
• chisels
• hoses
• stiffs
• rooks
• diddles
• nobbles
• gaffs
• skunks
• betrays
• fools
• clips
• wrenches
• extorts
• gouges
• soaks
• milks
• ropes (in)
• overcharges
• wrings
• nicks
• wrests
• gulls
• dupes
• bitches
• fast-talks
• bamboozles
• double-crosses