Examples of 'shaking down' in a sentence
Meaning of "shaking down"
Means to aggressively or forcefully demand money, often through extortion or threats. It can also refer to the act of searching or examining someone or something thoroughly, often with the intention of finding something hidden or illicit
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- present participle of shake down
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shaking down
The buildings are shaking down to their foundations.
We are not in the business of shaking down.
I am shaking down the new king cholo.
You would still be shaking down teahouses.
Were shaking down this dry cleaner hansen.
Was investigating them for shaking down a nightclub.
They are shaking down anything that moves.
Yeah until he was fired for shaking down inmates.
They was shaking down the people.
And there is no power in being crew boss and shaking down longshoremen.
Shaking down a real estate business.
I would still be shaking down thugs in a tavern.
Shaking down the trucking companies.
When you are not shaking down whorehouses.
Shaking down that cell would pay off.
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Your job was illegally shaking down churro vendors.
And shaking down small businesses.
Heard about someone shaking down store owners.
Shaking down the white guy.
We have got uniform shaking down sites now.
Shaking down the new ship.
The whole stadium was shaking down to its foundation.
Shaking down a vending machine.
Says he does not want us shaking down his people.
He was shaking down his daughter.
I got so much candy from shaking down the kids.
Of shaking down illegal immigrants.
A pimp accused them of shaking down his girls.
Like shaking down apples.
And these are not street kids shaking down local merchants.
Shaking down apples or harvesting.
His thugs are shaking down the club for money.
Shaking down a business.
I have some experience shaking down people for money.
As well as shaking down business owners where he operated his bookmaking operation.
All they were doing at that point was shaking down a real estate business.
Shaking down the white guy might have evened some intellectual score.
I got so much candy from shaking down the kids in the neighborhood.
And then there is passion for gun magazines and shaking down suspects.
As well as shaking down business owners.
What does surprise me is a man with millions of dollars is shaking down local businesses.
How you were shaking down local business owners.
He lost his badge when he got caught shaking down drug dealers.
He was shaking down my foreman.
You spend your time spying on dissidents and shaking down small businesses.
I told you shaking down that cell would pay off.
And have the guys on the stakeout start shaking down some people.
You would still be shaking down teahouses for chump change if it was not for me.
Then there is the question of your personal security details shaking down local businesses.
I could make a fortune shaking down my own family without leaving the house.
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I have been shaking like this for days
Shaking his pen as he signed his name
Be assured we are gonna be shaking up things in this department
