shake down (someone)

to get money from someone by using threats.

His crimes ranged from murder to shaking down gamblers.

He claimed that a government official shook his company down for $10,000 in campaign contributions.

• come to your senses
• come true
• come turn up trumps
• come under fire
• come under the hammer
• come unglued
• come unstuck
• come up
• come up against a brick wall
• come up in the world
• come upon
• come upon someone
• come upon something
• come up smelling like a rose
• come up smelling of roses
• come up to scratch
• come up up trumps
• come up with
• come up with something
• come what may
• come within an ace of
• come within an ace of doing something
• come within an ace of something
• come within an inch of
• come within an inch of doing something