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Meaning of SHAKEDOWN

Pronunciation:  'sheyk`dawn

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 Definition: [n]  (slang) extortion of money (as by blackmail)
 
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Shakedown
This expose-like critique of Jesse Jackson`s life and career is by a conservative journalist who traces what he sees as Jackson`s pattern of lying, opportunism, questionable funding practices, and character flaws.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Shake"down`\, n.
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. --Sir W. Scott.
 
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