Shake down (verb)
Pronunciation: /sh-ayk-down/
Also spelled or known as: Shakedown, Shake-down
What does Shake down mean?
To get something by applying force or violence.
Shake down Synonyms: Blackmail, Extortion
Example sentence: “The guards at the entrance gave him a shake down.”
“Take down, shake down, had to check the background” – YoungBoy Never Broke Again, We Dem.
“I only got a gun to protect myself, The AK make a nigga shake down” – Big K.R.I.T., Mixed Messages.
“When I holla shake down we gonna set it off” – Red Cafe, With the BS.
“This MAC-11 gon’ make a nigga strip, like a shake down” – Gucci Mane, Break Dancin.