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shakedown
[ sheyk-doun ]
noun
- extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- a thorough search:
a shakedown of prison cells to uncover hidden drugs.
- a bed, as of straw or blankets, spread on the floor.
- any makeshift bed.
- the act or process of shaking down.
- Also called shakedown cruise,. a cruise or flight intended to prepare a new vessel or aircraft for regular service by accustoming the crew to its features and peculiarities, breaking in and adjusting machinery, etc.
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Example Sentences
Bryan Singer himself claimed he was the victim of a “sick, twisted shakedown.”
There is still time for one more non-Mitt to get his shakedown cruise, even before Iowa.
Lies, Forstmann tells Charlie Gasparino exclusively, from a "shakedown artist."
A lot of posh produce is nothing more than a consumer shakedown.
He walked absently through the not-unpleasant routine of the shakedown.
This money is yours—and you will have a shakedown for the night—only on condition that you stick to what you've said.
"I'll make a shakedown for myself in the store room," he answered.
Bambo's usual shakedown was deserted; the pallet where the children should have been was unoccupied.
Every berth was taken, so I had a shakedown in the corridor, which was much more airy than any cabin.
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