Synonyms for shakedown

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sheyk-doun

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃeɪkˌdaʊn

Définition of shakedown

noun extortion
noun investigation

Example sentences :

I'll come in later, and if they'll make me a shakedown, I'll stay with you to-night.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

We'll scare you up a shakedown to sleep on and you're welcome as welcome.
Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery

You and I are to sleep here, Mary,” she said, “and Peter is to have a shakedown in the sitting-room.
Extract from : « Peter Trawl » by W. H. G. Kingston

I assure you, my dear friends, it's a shakedown fit for a prince!
Extract from : « Willy Reilly » by William Carleton

"He said he'd beg a shakedown at your house, Violet," George interrupted.
Extract from : « Sonia Married » by Stephen McKenna

He walked absently through the not-unpleasant routine of the shakedown.
Extract from : « The Syndic » by C.M. Kornbluth

This money is yours—and you will have a shakedown for the night—only on condition that you stick to what you've said.
Extract from : « Dead Man's Love » by Tom Gallon

There was to be a cruiser waiting at Bremerton for a shakedown cruise.
Extract from : « Cue for Quiet » by Thomas L. Sherred

The accommodation a shakedown on some planks, and breakfast in the morning.
Extract from : « Rambling Recollections of Chelsea » by J. B. Ellenor

But we're full up, all six beds; there isn't even a corner for a shakedown.
Extract from : « A Fourth Form Friendship » by Angela Brazil

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