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Definitions
extortion of money (as by blackmail)
Word origin
Deverbal from shake down. An improvised bed would originally have been made by shaking down straw.
Used in a sentence
“What is this, a shakedown?”
“It was planning to use an '807' for one day only as part of a shakedown test, ahead of the fleet's formal entry to service which is currently planned for November.”
“"There's nowhere for me to lie down, sir," he answered, and there was in his voice a humbleness which was very distressing. -- "Don't you know anyone in the house who'll give you a shakedown?" -- "No, sir."”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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