title: Shakedown
text: 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