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