Whether shakedown or rough justice, the Ritz episode eliminated his chief political rivals and cemented his power.

无论丽思卡尔顿事件是勒索还是粗暴的审判，这一举动都一举铲除了王储的主要政治对手，又巩固了他的权力。

“Fights were a daily occurrence; as were shakedowns in bathrooms, ” wrote the Silicon Valley journalist Michael S. Malone.

“打架几乎天天发生，厕所里的敲诈也是如此，”硅谷记者迈克尔·S·马隆这样写道。

Suddenly the inmates hear the thudding of footsteps – it’s a shakedown.

突然， 囚犯们听到了砰砰的脚步声——这是一种安定。

If there is a shakedown, well, blind eyes are not usually turned in those circumstances.

如果有重组， 好吧，在那种情况下通常不会睁开眼睛。

You say legal dispute, I say shakedown.

法律纠纷吗 我看是勒索。

If this is some kind of shakedown, let me stop you right now.

如果你要勒索我 劝你别白费心机了。

There you have it, a shakedown from start to finish.

你 从头使唤我到尾。

This is a shakedown, and we both know it.

这是个骗局, 我们都知道。

The laws have sometimes had the feel of a shakedown of the wealthy foreign tech firms by governments.

这些法律有时给人一种政府对富有的外国科技公司进行整顿的感觉。

That's a kind of " shakedown." Here, the shakedown involves not hurting the business as long as the business gives the criminals some money.

” 那是一种“整顿” 。在这里，整顿涉及不伤企业， 只要企业给犯罪分子一些钱。