Definitions for "Shakedown"
Keywords:  crew, cruise, brief, overhaul, car
A trial cruise to test the boat's condition and crew's readiness
Teams complete these ‘shakedown' runs to make sure all the components on the car are ready and working to their full potential.
intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a shakedown cruise"
a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs"
"Shakedown" is a 1987 single by Bob Seger, that is from the soundtrack of the film Beverly Hills Cop II. The music was written by Harold Faltermeyer, who wrote the score for the film, and Keith Forsey, and the lyrics by Seger.
Shakedown is a 1988 crime drama/action movie starring Peter Weller and Sam Elliott. The movie is about an idealistic lawyer teaming with a veteran cop to find out the truth in a possible police corruption scandal.
Keywords:  exort, blackmail, extortion, money
extortion of money (as by blackmail)
to exort money from.
In continuum mechanics, elastic shakedown behavior is one in which plastic deformation takes place during running in, while due to residual stresses or strain hardening the steady state is perfectly elastic.
Shakedown is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Angel.
A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose.
initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown"
Keywords:  properly, ensure, equipment, field, run
a practice run to ensure that all equipment is functioning properly and that it will work in the field