title: Shakedown
text: # 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
  