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shakedown: to blackmail or try to get money from someone; also to give someone a scare. shy: the interest charged on loans by loan sharks. shylock business: the business of loansharking. sitdown: a meeting, esp. with another family. soldier: the bottom-level member of an organized crime family who is made.
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
Urban Dictionary Screenshot Screenshot of Urban Dictionary front page (2018) Type of site Dictionary Available in English Owner Aaron Peckham Created by Aaron Peckham URL urbandictionary.com Launched December 9, 1999 ; 25 years ago (1999-12-09) Current status Active Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in ...
shakedown The first test of a new vehicle shootout See superpole short shifting A technique used, primarily in motorsport, to regain control of a car through a high speed corner. Involves the driver shifting up a gear earlier than usual. shunt A collision, usually involving side-to-side contact. shutdown area
"At Night" is a song by Swiss house music project Shakedown, featuring vocals from American singer Terra Deva. [1] Released on 29 April 2002, it reached number six on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the UK Dance Chart in May 2002. The song was a minor hit throughout the rest of Europe except Greece, where it reached number five.
Shakedown is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy, Peggy Dow, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Bennett and Anne Vernon. [ 1 ] Plot
Urban, 57, said in a Jan. 20 interview on the Q with Tom Power podcast that he was “struggling a lot” when he wrote the 2002 hit, and wrote it not from his own perspective, ...
"Shakedown" is a 1987 song recorded by Bob Seger, from the soundtrack of the film Beverly Hills Cop II. The music was written by Harold Faltermeyer , who also wrote the score for the film, and Keith Forsey , with lyrics by Seger.