shake down
Example Sentences
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Plaintiffs took this as an invitation to shake down U.S. companies for abetting alleged human-rights violations in foreign countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy’s attorney is accusing NFL veteran Michael Oher, whose story inspired ‘The Blind Side,’ of trying to shake down the couple.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
In 2015, developer Triad was caught up in allegations that a company executive tried to shake down a Seattle City Council candidate.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
We read what Selin reads — Pushkin, Babel, Freud, Chekhov and, less happily for her, Martin Amis — and watch her ruthlessly shake down her life, comparing it to the lives she encounters in fiction.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2022
She made the empty rooms roar with accusation and shake down a fine dust of guilt that was sucked in their nostrils as they plunged about.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
