shakedown

Speech parts

1. shakedown - Noun

2. shakedown - Adjective

Meaning

A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

swindle hammock practice drill search trial scheme bed corruption push examination innovation raid trick fraud
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Antonyms

accuracy honor integrity ignorance honesty fairness
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Hypernyms

search hunting hunt accommodation adjustment fitting

Anagrams

hawknosed

Examples

I apologize. I do not want to live in a country where anytime a citizen or a corporation does something that is legitimately wrong is subject to some sort of political pressure, that is again, in my words, amounts to a shakedown. So I apologize. Joe Barton

Everyone realized I was the innocent victim of a shakedown. Anthony Anderson

I think it's a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shakedown. Joe Barton

a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs Source: Internet

the new industry's economic shakedown Source: Internet

a shakedown cruise Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

shake uncontrollably shake up shakeable shakefork shakehand shakehole