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shakedown::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | extortion |
shakedown::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | accommodation, adjustment, fitting |
the new industry's economic shakedown.
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a shakedown cruise.
Examples of shakedown
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The time for anger will not be over until this massive shakedown operation ends.
From the guardian.co.uk
Enterprise sailed south on a shakedown cruise which took her to Rio de Janeiro.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The ship left Bordeaux on its shakedown cruise with a Danish crew in June 1864.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Second, lawsuits and investigations too often end up looking like a shakedown.
From the economist.com
The meeting in Cancun is nothing but a final attempt to shakedown the US taxpayer.
From the guardian.co.uk
Chevron has for years described the case against it in Ecuador as a shakedown.
From the sfgate.com
With repairs complete on 27 May, Archerfish held shakedown off the West Coast.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The FTC's move, however, hasn't stopped others from trying the same shakedown.
From the forbes.com
Some plaintiffs, and especially lawyers, cashed in big with these shakedown suits.
From the latimes.com
- Initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown"
- Intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a shakedown cruise"
- A very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs"
- Extortion of money (as by blackmail)
- Shakedown! is the debut album by TheStart. The album was recorded in 1999, although it was not released until 2001.
- Shakedown is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Angel.
- The Curse of Blondie is the eighth and most recently released studio album from the US rock band Blondie. It was released in October 2003, and peaked at no.36 in the U.K..
- "Shakedown" is a 1987 single by Bob Seger that is from the soundtrack of the film Beverly Hills Cop II. The music was written by Harold Faltermeyer, who wrote the score for the film, and Keith Forsey, and the lyrics by Seger.
- Shakedown is a fictional supervillain in the DC Universe. He first appeared in Batman and the Outsiders #9 (April 1984).
