shakedown

Example Sentences

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We were on the Xcel for its “shakedown cruise,” a final test run new ships often go through before making their public debuts.

From The Wall Street Journal

According to authorities, this was an old-fashioned shakedown carried out by the largest gang in the city, Pomona 12th Street.

From Los Angeles Times

Apparently, the easiest shakedown targets are single people.

From The Wall Street Journal

Next time he'd be dead, the gunman told him, unless the bus company paid a shakedown.

From Barron's

The producer’s legal team quickly denied the allegations last October and dismissed the complaint as a “pure shakedown.”

From Los Angeles Times