shake down
Example Sentences
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The precedent also encourages plaintiff attorneys to shake down companies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
The country had escaped much of the petty corruption of the post-Soviet neighborhood — under Lukashenko, the traffic police did not make it a practice to shake down drivers; the bureaucracy didn’t operate on bribes.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2022
There was a second session scheduled for Tuesday night, the nearly two hours of track time giving drivers a chance to shake down the “Next Gen” car debuting this season.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2022
The speed this is happening means we will know very quickly how this is going to shake down.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2021
“I smell snow. Remember how, when we were kids we used to look up at the sky and holler, ‘Feather boy, feather boy, shake down some feathers from the sky.’”
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
