1. shakedown - Noun
2. shakedown - Adjective
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 dictionaryI 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