Shakedown
# Shakedown

Shakedown or Shake Down may refer to:

* Shakedown (continuum mechanics), a type of plastic deformation
* Shakedown (testing) or a shakedown cruise, a period of testing undergone by a ship, airplane or other craft before being declared operational
* Extortion, a criminal act of coercion or intimidation for personal gain
* A colloquial term for an inspection for contraband inside a prison
* An English term for kuzushi techniques of various Japanese martial arts, which literally means shaking down the opponent

## Music

* Shakedown (band), a Swiss musical project formed in 1999
* Shakedown Records, a record label founded by Red Café

### Albums

* Shakedown (album), by the Freemasons, 2007
* Shake Down (album), by Savoy Brown, 1967
* Shakedown! The Texas Tapes Revisited, by Bobby Fuller, 1996
* Shakedown!, by theStart, 2001

### Songs

* "Shakedown" (Bob Seger song), 1987
* "Shake Down", by Akon from Konvicted, 2006
* "Shakedown", by Behind Crimson Eyes from A Revelation for Despair, 2006
* "Shake Down", by Billy Squier from the St. Elmo's Fire film soundtrack, 1985
* "Shakedown", by Blondie from The Curse of Blondie
* "Shake Down", by Die Warzau from Disco Rigido, 1989
* "Shake Down", by Mary J. Blige from Growing Pains, 2007

## Film

* The Shakedown (1929 film) directed by William Wyler
* Shakedown (1936 film) directed by David Selman
* Shakedown (1950 film) directed by Joseph Pevney
* The Shakedown (1959 film) directed by John Lemont
* Shakedown (1988 film), crime action movie starring Peter Weller and Sam Elliott
* Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans, 1995 made-for-video dramatic spin-off of Doctor Who
* Shakedown (2018 film) a 2018 documentary about a black lesbian strip club directed by Leilah Weinraub

## Books

* Shakedown (Angel novel), a 2000 original novel based on the U.S. television series Angel
* Shakedown, the novelisation of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans by Terrance Dicks
* Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson by Kenneth R. Timmerman
* Shakedown: How Our Government is Undermining Democracy in the Name of Human Rights by Ezra Levant

## Other

* Shakedown (Snowboard Games), rider-driven snowboard event
* Shakedown, a fictional supervillain in the DC Universe who is a member of Masters of Disaster
