Definition von shake down im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
move from side to side; agitate; forced payment; search; blackmailing for money; bed (Slang)
If someone shakes you down, they use threats or search you physically in order to obtain something from you. He ordered the dismantling of police checkpoints on highways, which were being used to shake down motorists for bribes
{i} improvised bed made from straw; adjustment period; extortion of money; test voyage performed in order to check a new vessel for faults or defects; thorough search
extortion of money (as by blackmail) a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs" initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown" intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a shakedown cruise