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

无论丽思卡尔顿件勒索还粗暴的审判，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.

突然间， 囚犯们听到了砰砰的脚步声——这一种安定。

You say legal dispute, I say shakedown.

法律纠纷吗 我看勒索。

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

你真厉害 从头使唤我到尾。

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

如果有重组， 好吧，在那种情况下会睁开眼睛。

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。

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.

” 那一种“整顿” 。在这里，整顿涉及伤害企业， 只要企业给犯罪分子一些钱。