| 单词 | shakedown |
| 例句 | “I didn’t mean to give you a shakedown about it.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In the spring of 1995, the same team had traveled to Alaska to climb Mount McKinley as a shakedown for the attempt on Everest in 1996. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Would that be what they call a nervous shakedown, madam?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Journalists and investigators have documented numerous other instances in which police departments have engaged in illegal shakedowns, searches, and threats in search of forfeitable property and cash. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Train crews say this is where the police stage their biggest shakedowns. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z While the Mark I was still undergoing this shakedown procedure, Lawrence spent his time soothing official doubts about the MTA by citing the continuing threat of a shortage of fissile material. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Still, Enrique is spared the more severe shakedowns other migrants face. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Lawrence could afford to scoff at suggestions that the cyclotron was still in its shakedown stage. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The shakedown of her Winnebago didn’t turn up anything other than the $42,520 Scoob saw in the space behind the TV. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Alternately tragic, bittersweet and frightening, the film traces the consequences for the kids when a shakedown of a taxi driver goes sideways. New York Asian Film Festival Is Having a Southeast Asian Moment 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Four years later, Mary, out of jail and now schooled in the ways of con artistry, is back in town, befriending reformed criminals and teaching them how to turn shakedown marks, but “within the law.” ‘Within the Law’ Is a Revival Focusing on Social Justice 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z The couple denied any instances of nonconsensual sex and their representatives called the claims “a sordid shakedown campaign.” T.I. and Tiny Will Not Be Charged in Los Angeles Sexual Assault Investigation 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z “It was a shakedown,” said Ms. Ramos, who contended that inspectors were deliberately picking on smaller businesses that couldn’t fight them in court. Food Is Not a Prop for Senator Jessica Ramos. It’s a Platform. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Txato, a well-to-do shipping company owner, becomes the object of a shakedown by ETA thugs who send him menacing letters demanding payments to fund their operations. Review | ‘Homeland’ captures the personal costs of Spain’s violent political conflict 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z But celebrity lawyers and image-makers say it's unclear whether the case will function as a cautionary tale that deters future shakedowns. Effects of Letterman blackmail case hard to judge 2010-05-03T18:10:00Z Romania has a problem with corruption, from petty tourist shakedowns to high officials’ malfeasance, and Bucharest, its capital, seems somewhat bereft. ‘God Was on Vacation’: A Visit With a Long-Lost Cousin in Romania Is a Holocaust Lesson 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Fulfilling that brief is Feral, a sinuous bass shakedown at the heart of this typically contrary, intermittently stunning, album. Radiohead: The King of Limbs ? review 2011-02-20T00:06:06Z Then again, the whole thing could be a ruse, a shakedown — or perhaps Sana and Han space-separated? 'Star Wars' comic changes Han Solo's past forever 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Almost amusingly, Norm’s crew wear construction safety vests between brutal shakedowns. ‘Bull’ Review: Vengeance Is His 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z The special squad of guards who conducted random shakedowns in the dormitory cells were especially callous. The end of Rikers Island, a stain on New York, can't come soon enough 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Shimmy Hoffa: Union boss who invented the shakedown. Style Invitational Week 1344: Well, that’s just great — it’s Limerixicon XVI 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z "This was a last-ditch attempt to save face from what was nothing more than an unsubstantiated, unsuccessful shakedown of Bryan Singer based on false allegations," Martin Singer said through the representative. Attorney says he's dropping Bryan Singer's accuser as a client 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Blagojevich was convicted last summer of 17 corruption counts for several attempted shakedowns, including an attempt to sell an appointment to the U.S. Blago faces tough odds on leniency bid 2011-12-06T10:13:00Z "That has all the ingredients of a mob shakedown," Oliver said. John Oliver rails against cable companies over net neutrality 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z This week, President Trump was accused of a shady, mafia-style shakedown of the Ukraine. ‘S.N.L.’ Premiere Meets Impeachment Head-On, but Not Shane Gillis 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z They’re an appealing, affecting collection of souls, and you too want the best for them, even when you grasp their role in a system plagued by class inequities and inadequate services, kickbacks and shakedowns. ‘Midnight Family’ Review: The Night Stalkers of Mexico City 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z This is to say that on some level I get it — you want the best for your child, and the entire university admissions system is a giant, insane stress-riddled shakedown. The real scam of the elite college admissions game goes beyond Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z It was a simple shakedown, and it worked well — at least until a handful of studio executives testified against him. Review | The incredible life of ‘Handsome Johnny,’ a gangster worthy of the movies 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z On Sunday he continued along that trajectory, adding a construction shakedown to the bookie protection scheme he seemed to be setting up last week. 'True Detective' Recap: Some Bounce Back, Others Descend 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z He saw Trump’s call with Zelensky as a “classic organized crime shakedown,” so he called it that. Adam Schiff once wanted to be a screenwriter. Can he give the Trump presidency a Hollywood ending? 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z A CNN executive, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak frankly, called the Lemon suit “a shakedown” and pointed a finger at the president for giving people license to attack journalists. CNN increasingly sees itself as subject to threats after incidents involving Cuomo, Lemon, Ryan 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z His most linguistically challenged character spouts ridiculous malapropisms, coining terms such as “righteous inflammation” and “nervous shakedown.” ‘Is Fat Bob Dead Yet?’ review: An antic story of scams and gangsters 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Sheen also revealed he’s paid sex workers “in the millions” to keep quiet after a string of “shakedowns.” “Bravo @charliesheen”: Support washes in after Charlie Sheen reveals HIV diagnosis on “Today” 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z The defense paints it as a shakedown attempt. Cuba Gooding Jr. pleads not guilty to sex misconduct claims 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The former "48 Hours Mystery" producer is expected to start his six-month term Tuesday after admitting to the shakedown plot in March. Effects of Letterman blackmail case hard to judge 2010-05-03T18:10:00Z And the checkpoints, the shakedowns, the roadblock dictators. Personal Journeys: In West Africa, a Dollar and a Meal 2013-05-06T21:58:34Z “There is this increasing feeling of a shakedown,” said Jonathan Turley, who, as a leading expert on constitutional and tort law, frequently travels for work. The Getaway: Fleeced by Fees When You Travel? 2012-09-21T17:43:38Z In 1986, Yovanovitch arrived at her first posting, in Somalia, and she recalls how the daily grind of dealing with shakedowns and extortion schemes made her “more cynical.” In ‘Lessons From the Edge,’ How an Ambassador to Ukraine Became a Casualty of the Trump Administration 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z It marked the show's return to the scene of its 1986 premiere in a shakedown run before it reached Broadway. Sondheim, Bernadette Peters going into 'Woods' again in one-nighter 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z In nearby Malaysia, he said, roadside cameras have cut down on police shakedowns around the capital, Kuala Lumpur, but the cops elsewhere haven't changed. High-Payoff Careers 2011-02-02T23:00:00Z The studio got back in the game with “The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond,” a thoroughly fictionalized account of the career of a minor bootlegger and shakedown artist. DVD: How Crimes Have Changed 2011-08-12T18:43:25Z “We call it shakedown,” said Alex Johnston, the orchestra’s director of concert production and operations. Small Army, Philharmonic in Tow 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z He called the shakedown ring "a cancer attacking at Bolivia's heart" and creating an "existential crisis" for Morales. Sean Penn in direct appeal to Bolivia's leader 2012-12-12T21:31:06Z An unclassifiable treasury of hustles and shakedowns, the eleven episodes are a vision of making it in show biz and making it out of the rat trap of race in America. My Favorite TV Shows of 2018 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Matt leads a group of officers, including Harlee, whose members work a shakedown racket, convincing themselves that they’re serving the public good by keeping criminals in check, drugs away from schools and so on. Review: Jennifer Lopez as a Conflicted Cop in ‘Shades of Blue’ 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z But this didn’t appear to be a shakedown. Oddly enough, the National Enquirer looks like it acted honorably with Sarah Jessica Parker. 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z For roughly four years, Mr. Sheen had worked to keep his illness private, out of public view, by jousting with the media and paying several other people in what he called “shakedowns” for their silence. The Path to Charlie Sheen’s H.I.V. Disclosure 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z He insists he never withheld his medical information, saying, “Having divulged it is the reason I’m in the mess I’m in with all the shakedowns.” Charlie Sheen’s dubious comeback: His new “philanthropic approach” doesn’t erase his abusive past 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z “This wasn’t a shakedown for me to get money. This was about, What are you going to do overall for talented people now that you’ve been monetized in this way?” ‘Hollywood Is Changing,’ Says Its Veteran Activist, Tim Robbins 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z That seems to be an urgent art world question, partly because of an economic shakedown that sensible people — i.e., the writers of art fair news releases — keep saying is over, or never happened. Art in Review: ?#class? 2010-03-19T08:09:00Z "This was their way of trying to save face after an unsuccessful attempted shakedown of Bryan Singer," said Marty Singer, who is not related to the director. U.S. attorneys want out of sex-abuse case against 'X-Men' director 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z A couple of Pre-Mor Authority jackboots target him for a shakedown, which is the last mistake they ever make — and one that makes Cassian a wanted man. There's no hiding from it: The politics of "Andor" look a lot like the type troubling our world 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Asked if he might be in criminal trouble for potentially not having divulged his HIV status, he replied: “Having divulged it is the reason I’m in the mess I’m in with all the shakedowns.” Charlie Sheen's 'Today' Interview Was Uncomfortable Television 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Austin who opened the tiny tavern, the Threesome Tollbooth, on Friday night after a shakedown run of several months. At This Brooklyn Bar, It’s Just You, Your Date and the Barman 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z “These allegations are nothing more than the continuation of a sordid shakedown campaign that began on social media and now attempts to manipulate the press and misuse the justice system.” Lawyer Seeks Criminal Investigation of T.I. and Tiny on Behalf of Multiple Women 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Solid Oak’s lawsuit amounts to a shakedown and copyright trolling, said a law professor, Christopher Jon Sprigman, who teaches about intellectual property at New York University. Athletes Don’t Own Their Tattoos. That’s a Problem for Video Game Developers. 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z By many accounts, today’s outing — a shakedown cruise in local waters — should never have been possible. A $7-million dream: Steinbeck's vintage sardine boat makes its modern debut 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z We need to call out what is going on here: tech firms are charging us more to fix their mistakes and slapping an AI label on the shakedown. AI is Becoming a Band-Aid over Bad, Broken Tech Industry Design Choices 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z But what sounds like a scam aimed at people’s pocketbooks is actually part of a shakedown with a much different target: voters. Voter rolls are becoming the new election battleground as amateur sleuths seek fraud 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z They may also issue warnings about upcoming shakedowns, help launder money, or unlock doors. At least 360 Georgia prison guards have been arrested for contraband since 2018, newspaper finds 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z “He’s just not worth it,” she said — until his blatant Ukraine shakedown and election conniving left her no choice. Column: Kevin McCarthy's impeachment inquiry proves there's only one political party of revenge — the GOP 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z He said he has also been doing shakedowns at the jail to seize contraband. One dead, four injured in stabbings at notorious jail in Atlanta that’s under federal investigation 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The Tuohys have called the claims they enriched themselves at his expense outlandish, hurtful and absurd and part of a “shakedown” by Oher. Oher seeks contract and payment information related to ‘The Blind Side’ in conservatorship battle 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z “There is simply no justification for monetizing one’s office,” Fischer declared from the bench at one point, echoing prosecutors’ claim that he was the mastermind of a “shakedown.” Column: The real reason Mark Ridley-Thomas won’t lose public support — even while in prison 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The Michoacan state government said Wednesday that it had launched a criminal investigation into the extortion shakedowns. Mexico sends 1,200 more troops to Michoacan state after weekend of cartel violence 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z The portrayal sharply departed from that of federal prosecutors who described Ridley-Thomas as the architect of a “shakedown” in which he sought to “enrich his family.” Ridley-Thomas, facing years in federal prison, to learn fate at sentencing 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z The Tuohys, who made millions in the restaurant business, have agreed to end the conservatorship, but have denied cheating Oher and in a statement called his petition a “shakedown.” The unusual legal agreement behind ‘The Blind Side’ 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z The sheriff’s office said in March that authorities conducting a “shakedown” found more than 200 homemade knives. Jail where Trump will be booked in Georgia has long been plagued with violence 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z The Tuohys last week called the claims they enriched themselves at his expense outlandish, hurtful and absurd and part of a “shakedown” by Oher. Michael Oher greets fans at a Baltimore book signing a week after suing to end his conservatorship 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z They have dismissed the idea that they reaped huge profits from the film and branded the legal action a "shakedown". Blind Side family feud reignites a cultural debate 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z The Tuohys have called the allegations a ridiculous shakedown attempt, and “a court of law is no place to play,” Fishman said. Devastated ‘Blind Side’ family ready to end conservatorship for Michael Oher, lawyers say 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z They said Oher had threatened before the court filing to plant a negative news story about them unless they paid him $15 million, calling it a “shakedown.” Tuohys’ lawyers to respond to Michael Oher’s accusations as he fights conservatorship 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z When Oher refused to cash what the statement calls “small profit checks” as part of his “shakedown effort,” the statement says the Tuohys deposited Oher’s share into a trust account set up for his son. Tuohys call Michael Oher’s filing ‘hurtful’ and part of a shakedown attempt 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Soulmate denies the allegations, which Cote dismisses as an “illegal shakedown” by a competitor intended to render Soulmate unable “to invest in the things we need to do to compete.” Seattle psychic startup hit with copyright lawsuit it never saw coming 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z That prompted Subway to demand sanctions, saying Amin's proposed exit reflected her lawyers' realization it would not pay a "windfall settlement" in their "high-profile shakedown." Subway tuna lawsuit has been dismissed 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Employers have been closely following the case, contending that more “shakedown” lawsuits would result if the court found for Adolph. California Supreme Court upholds Uber workers' right to sue 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z The Tuohys have called the allegations ridiculous and part of a shakedown attempt. Tuohys’ lawyers to respond to Michael Oher’s accusations as he fights conservatorship 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z “In the meantime, however, they will not hesitate to defend their good names, stand up to this shakedown and defeat this offensive lawsuit,” the statement says. Tuohys call Michael Oher’s filing ‘hurtful’ and part of a shakedown attempt 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z When asked if the text message amounted to “a shakedown,” Mr. Wray said he could not comment. Director Wray tells House lawmakers that FBI isn’t protecting Bidens from bribery allegations 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Tech industry organisations have compared the effort to a "shakedown", but Mr Levasseur says no one in media is looking for a handout. Can Canada make big tech pay for news? 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z He has been fast in practice and, despite qualifying in the ninth row, showed plenty of speed in Friday’s final shakedown. Indy 500 arrives with clear favorites, plenty of off-the-radar spoilers 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z War profiteering, shakedowns and looting have long been common among armed groups in Syria’s conflict, especially those associated with Mr. al-Assad’s regime. Truffle Hunting in Syria, Once a Beloved Pastime, Is Now a Danger 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z “The first thing we got was a $20 million demand. This is a shakedown,” he said. NBA star Ja Morant accused in police reports of punching teen, making threats 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Ryuzaki described himself as an “economic yakuza,” specializing in real estate shakedowns. What’s a Japanese Mobster to Do in Retirement? Join a Softball Team. 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z The leading antagonists in “On the Waterfront” are gangsters — members of the shape-up and shakedown racket which has terrorized the eastern seaboard for years — and still does, though in reduced degree. How to watch every best picture winner from 1950 through 1959 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z They frequently had to get off buses to avoid shakedowns at government checkpoints, slowing their pace. Cubans crossing into U.S. stunned to hear of new asylum limits 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z People in the entertainment industry, and the media covering it, have been complaining about the HFPA’s freeloading and shakedown tactics for years. How did we let the Golden Globes back in? 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z “We’re getting exactly what we needed from this, which is a shakedown cruise of the systems to make sure they all work,” Dumbacher says. NASA's Artemis I Mission Successfully Returns from the Moon 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z “No, it sounds like a shakedown to me, kind of like a little blackmailing. You’re being recorded by the way,” Aceto told a Post reporter. Bodybuilders dying as coaches and judges encourage extreme measures “Shape-up” is the term for preferential hiring of stevedores and other dockworkers; “shakedown” means exactly what it says, and it took — and takes — the form of kickbacks in “dues” to a “union” ruled by thugs. How to watch every best picture winner from 1950 through 1959 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z The primary goal of Artemis I was a crucial shakedown of NASA’s new space hardware, including Orion, a spacecraft for carrying astronauts to deep space, including lunar orbit. NASA’s Artemis I Moon Mission to End in Water Landing: How to Watch 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z If all goes well during the three-week, make-or-break shakedown flight, the crew capsule will be propelled into a wide orbit around the moon and then return to Earth with a Pacific splashdown in December. NASA’s mightiest rocket lifts off 50 years after Apollo 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z “That case is nothing more than an attempted shakedown. ... It is the church that is being harassed.” In Los Angeles and New York, the Church of Scientology is on opposite ends of two rape cases 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z However, since the size apparently matters, please note that you’re contemplating a shakedown of the one player not responsible for the expenses. Advice | Carolyn Hax: Give ex a role in their daughter’s wedding? For free? 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Apollo 9’s shakedown flight lasted 10 days in March 1969 — four months before the moon landing — and was relatively trouble free and uneventful. Astronaut James McDivitt, Apollo 9 commander, dies at 93 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Apollo 9’s shakedown flight lasted 10 days in March 1969 - four months before the moon landing - and was relatively trouble free and uneventful. Astronaut James McDivitt, Apollo 9 commander, dies at 93 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z “One of those efforts includes conducting shakedowns across all of our facilities,” she said, adding that the tactic had been in place for numerous years and had not been the result of Mr. Cofield’s case. Inmate Stole $11 Million in Gold Coin Scheme While in Prison, Officials Say 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Araiza’s attorney has denied the accusation and called the lawsuit a “shakedown.” San Diego State criticized for giving conflicting accounts of how it handled gang rape allegation 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Weeks after the comedians’ reps dismissed the allegations as a “shakedown,” the woman who filed the suit against Haddish and Spears has dropped her claims. Woman who accused Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears of child sexual abuse drops lawsuit 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Jason Adams, then a Baldwin Park police officer, confirmed that Baca informed him of complaints from pot businesses about cash “shakedowns” by Pacheco. Legal pot spawned a wave of corruption, threats and secret financial deals for politicians 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Last week, attorneys for Haddish and Spears dismissed Jane Doe’s complaint as an attempted “shakedown.” Accuser to D.A.: Arrest Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears immediately amid allegations 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z The mission is a shakedown cruise – sans crew – for NASA's Space Launch System and Orion Crew Capsule. Why NASA's moon-bound Artemis 1 mission matters 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z When reached by The Times on Thursday, an attorney for Spears, Debra Opri, responded: “He isn’t going to fall for any shakedown.” Tiffany Haddish's reps dismiss sexual abuse allegations against her and Aries Spears 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Araiza’s attorney told the Times that the lawsuit is “a shakedown because he’s now with the Buffalo Bills,” and that his own investigator spoke to witnesses at the party who contradict the allegations. Bills release punter Matt Araiza following allegations of rape of a minor 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Lobbyists, pot entrepreneurs and public officials say bribery and shakedowns have become so commonplace in cannabis licensing that it feels like a normal part of doing business. Legal pot spawned a wave of corruption, threats and secret financial deals for politicians 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z “It’s a shakedown because he’s now with the Buffalo Bills,” Armstrong said. Star punter, two other San Diego State football players accused in gang-rape lawsuit 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Minutes later, she added, “You were part of a shakedown scheme, right?” Defense: Key government witness tried to extort R. Kelly 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The bawdy world of smugglers, gangsters, shakedown artists and fast-talkers, concentrated in the Moldovanka district, is immortalized in Isaac Babel’s classic “Odessa Stories.” Odesa Is Defiant. It’s Also Putin’s Ultimate Target. 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Aside from thruster failures and cooling system snags, Starliner appeared to clinch its high-stakes shakedown cruise, 2 1/2 years after its botched first try. Live: Boeing capsule lands back on Earth after space shakedown 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z He witnessed cash shakedowns of half those applicants and notified a retired FBI agent he knows. Legal pot spawned a wave of corruption, threats and secret financial deals for politicians 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z They camp out with hundreds of others at gas stations, waiting for sporadic deliveries to buy rationed fuel, and endure shakedowns at traffic checkpoints. A network of young scientists and doctors aims to rebuild Venezuela’s devastated public health system 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z President Donald Trump’s outspoken regard for Vladimir Putin and his shakedown of President Volodymyr Zelensky, which led to his first impeachment, took Republicans down some very bad roads with Ukrainian American voters. Opinion | Ukrainian Americans overpower the isolationist impulses of Trump-era GOP 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Both drivers are due to test the car for the first time in a so-called shakedown at Silverstone on Friday, with Russell trying it first before Hamilton. Hamilton spent time considering future 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z He said he realised he was the victim of a "shakedown" after seeing the footage the next morning. Australia whisky CEO quits after 'extortion' video shows him smoking meth pipe 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z A whistleblower who heard about Trump’s self-serving shakedown of Zelensky filed a report, which set in motion a series of events that led to the security aid being unfrozen and the House launching an investigation. Opinion | Russia’s looming invasion of Ukraine shows why Trump’s first impeachment was necessary and proper 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The response called the original lawsuit "a brazen shakedown masquerading as a lawsuit" that was filed "in bad faith" in order to get money out of Dylan. Bob Dylan responds to amended time frame of alleged sexual abuse: 'Denied' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Yasar Ibrahim, a 38-year-old businessman who was virtually unknown before the war, has presided over the shakedowns of major Syrian firms from an office in Assad’s presidential complex, according to Syrian executives and experts. Assad’s tightening grip There has been no shakedown cruise, no reshuffling of staff, no David Gergen or Leon Panetta to school the president in how to be an executive. Opinion | Biden’s in a rut. Here’s the way out. 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Attorneys for the couple have labeled the accusations “a sordid shakedown campaign that began on social media.” Rapper T.I. and wife Tiny won't face criminal charges over 2005 sex assault allegation, authorities say 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z They called the lawsuit an attempted shakedown with no basis in reality. The company that recruits Silicon Valley’s senior leadership faces troubling workplace allegations 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z “He was a shakedown artist. He wrecked lives.” James Ellroy talks titillating new tabloid Tinseltown thriller 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z The shakedowns have padded regime accounts, with the Finance Ministry claiming that government revenue had tripled during the first nine months of this year. Assad’s tightening grip A good-looking fellow named Johnny Rosselli was organized crime’s point man for its studio shakedowns. Why was the mob in L.A. so much quieter than Chicago or New York? 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z In Buffalo in 2013, federal investigators accused several police officers of conducting shakedowns and receiving kickbacks from tow truck drivers in a pay-to-play scheme. ‘Bro I Robbed Everyone’: 3 N.Y.P.D. Officers Charged in Bribe Scheme 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z Smith also exchanged messages about committing numerous robberies and shakedowns, or “shakes” as he called them, prosecutors said. Feds: Ex-NYC officer charged with bribery sent racist text 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z The group updated its website to directly address the Colonial hack in what appeared to be an attempt to recast its shakedown of the American economy in a more favorable light. Pipeline hack exposes brutal vise of cyber-era extortion schemes 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z “This is a case about lying, cheating, stealing and shakedowns,” Hafer, chief of the U.S. attorney’s office’s criminal division, said in his opening statement. Corruption trial of young ex-Massachusetts mayor begins 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z If Democrats were anticipating another minoritarian shakedown on the two-year budget, they had good reason. Editorial Roundup: New England 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z “This lawsuit is a classic attempt at a shakedown,” the motion by attorney Duane R. Lyons on behalf of the Clippers and West said. Money for nothing? Johnny Wilkes suit against Jerry West, Clippers includes big demands 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Today, let’s talk about why the tech giants made the decisions that they did, why Australia’s shakedown is rotten, and what’s likely to happen next. Why Google caved to Australia, and Facebook didn’t 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Then, just for icing, the word from state Republican officials was that Trump was filing lawsuits against Raffensperger and his agency's lawyer for taping the shakedown call. Trump strong-arms Georgia’s top election official 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Within a few weeks of these events, Parnas fired Dowd, after what he later described in a TV interview as a jailhouse loyalty shakedown. In new court filing, Bill Barr accused of arresting impeachment witnesses to shield Trump 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z “It was a total chaos,” Vázquez said in a Facebook Live broadcast in September, recalling the latest gang attack on a Salamanca market where hitmen regularly target merchants who rebuff shakedowns. This reporter went to cover a homicide in Mexico. Then he became a victim 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z “The Climate Accord is simply a shakedown of American taxpayers to pay for Europe and Asia.” China poised to profit under Biden’s energy plan, Paris climate accord reentry 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z A woman foiled a shakedown plot by kidnappers by mouthing “Help me” to a stranger in a New Jersey parking lot, police said Tuesday. NJ woman thwarts kidnapping by mouthing ‘Help me’ to alert cops 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z It was a shakedown by any other name. Trump strong-arms Georgia’s top election official 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z This layering of one crime on top of another is the definition of incorrigibility; it’s like the Mafia burning a store after the shopkeeper refuses to pay a protection shakedown. Opinion | Putin may be using new technology, but he is a classic Russian czar 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Saudi officials described it as an anti-corruption drive, but critics called it a shakedown: The detainees signed over about $100 billion in assets. Critics cite worsening Saudi repression two years after journalist's gruesome slaying 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z If the shakedown goes well, the toilet will be open for regular business. Potty training: NASA tests new $23M titanium space toilet 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Some employees feared a shakedown if one went missing. The crypto millionaire that acquired BitTorrent—and waded into the trade war 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The rough transcript makes no mention of Perry's gas agenda, but in the wake of the presidential shakedown, Perry pressed ahead. Rick Perry’s Ukrainian dream 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Levell did not reply to any of Kazan's emails about the alleged shakedown, and did not reply to Salon's detailed questions for this article. Exclusive: How a pro-Trump Black group became an off-the-books Turkish lobbying campaign 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z My thoughts on this subject track pretty closely with Ben Thompson, who called the proposed law a shakedown. It’s (still) time to end "Trending" on Twitter 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Over the years, this cross-sectarian cabal has mastered scams at every level: routine checkpoint shakedowns, bank fraud, embezzling from the government payroll. Inside the Iraqi Kleptocracy 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z It further adds to my suspicion that this is a shakedown.” Giants' Baker, Seahawks' Dunbar plead not guilty to charges 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Hilariously, a lot of this came out because Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' lawyer, got caught trying to pull off a shakedown against Nike, threatening to expose their secrets. The new Zion Williamson scandal is the NCAA's nightmare - Golf Digest 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z But to President Trump, the coronavirus outbreak is just another opportunity for a shakedown. Opinion | We’re all Zelensky now 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z The prince launched an anti-corruption drive, but it involved what critics said were mafia-like shakedowns of politicians, officials and members of the royal family. An oil war and coronavirus rattle the Saudi crown prince's dangerous game of thrones 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Critics called it a consolidation of power and a shakedown. Saudi Prince Detains Senior Members of Royal Family 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Chamber of Commerce contends that trial attorneys are pushing local officials into a wave a litigation amounting to a “shakedown.” Amid opioid, vaping suits, Kansas looks to curb local action 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z One wayward driver in Mexico was certain his wrong turn had invited a police shakedown. London to Singapore in a Tiny Truck, and Other Road Trip Adventures 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z But instead of investigating the Ukraine shakedown, Barr’s Justice Department immediately gave the president a clean bill of health. Opinion | George Conway: There is no one to stop Trump now 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Last week alone, Trump called the Russia investigation “tainted,” “dirty,” “rotten,” “illegal,” “phony,” a “disgrace,” a “shakedown,” a “scam,” “a fixed hoax” and “the biggest political crime in American History, by far.” ‘Something has to be done’: Trump’s quest to rewrite history of the Russia probe 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z “That’s what this case is about, a betrayal of trust and a shakedown.” U.S. says Michael Avenatti's 'agenda' was to extort Nike, as trial nears end 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z And some advertisers are openly challenging search ads as a “shakedown” and “ransom” by the tech giant, which controls about 90 percent of web search. Why Google Backtracked on Its New Search Results Look 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z In the statement, Schiff parodied Trump’s push for the investigations, comparing it to a mafia shakedown. Trial highlights: Transcript talk, handshakes for defense 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z His rendition of the call as “a classic organized crime shakedown” blared from the monitors installed on the Senate floor. Trump's defense leads by arguing impeachment would endanger democracy 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z He relates his shakedown in elaborate fashion, framing the story he’s asking $20 million not to tell as a movie script titled “Bush.” Review: Guy Ritchie’s ‘The Gentlemen’ is stale pint of ale 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Incidents such as the Ukraine shakedown are not excesses or outliers. Opinion | Trump pushes his party to normalize corruption 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Donald Trump picked him to help with his shakedown of the president of Ukraine, yet another attempt to get a foreign country to help his election campaign. The man who knows too much: Lev Parnas is the smoking gun on Ukraine scandal 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z In a statement, the Mississippi Department of Corrections said that it also used technology to interrupt cellular signals, regularly conducted shakedowns and used dogs to sniff out the devices. ‘Please Try to Help Us’: Conversing With Mississippi Inmates on a Contraband Phone 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z “If they have lawyers, the motive of an opportunity is going to be front and center in the defense and jurors are going to hear evidence to suggest it is a shakedown,” Shapiro said. A week before Weinstein won big at Oscars, he assaulted two women, prosecutors allege 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z On Friday, Currie and other competitors were allowed a brief “shakedown,” driving a portion of land outside the city of Jeddah. Casey Currie hopes to make history at treacherous Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z A decade later, and thwarted in yet another stadium shakedown, the Raiders returned to Oakland, which re-embraced them. If the Chargers Score and No One’s There to Cheer, Does the Owner Care? 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z A. Yes, because both supply classic examples of a shakedown in the form of a quid pro quo. Exclusive: take the Republican party impeachment quiz | Lawrence Douglas 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z This shakedown took from those workers their hope and, more ominously, their hope for their children. The great American shakedown 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z “Simply put, the call is not the sinister mob shakedown that some Democrats have described,” Castor said. Democrats set to unveil impeachment articles after day of raucous hearings 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z “Fortunately,” he added, “we dodged a $3 billion bullet by not agreeing to their subsidy shakedown earlier this year.” Amazon Grows in New York, Reviving Debate Over Abandoned Queens Project 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z “The misconduct that we saw with respect to the Ukraine shakedown was not some kind of aberration,” he said. Analysis | Democrats face a consequential choice — limited or broad impeachment articles against Trump 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Three of the constitutional experts who testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday said Trump’s Ukraine shakedown scheme and his obstruction of Congress clearly are impeachable offenses. Opinion | Trump is impeaching himself 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z This shakedown led to bizarre conspiracy theories and fabrications peddled by a neofascist right wing, deceptions bolstered by the lies told by those tasked with keeping the society rooted in truth and verifiable fact. The great American shakedown 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z “I think it’s important that this is digestible for everyday Americans who are understandably busy, but understand what a shakedown is, too.” Articles of impeachment: Explaining what’s next in the House 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Musk then said he interpreted the letter as a “shakedown,” “extortion.” Elon Musk tries to explain Twitter in ‘pedo guy’ defamation case 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z He clashed at one point with attorney L. Lin Wood, telling him he interpreted the lawyer’s letter threatening to sue as a shakedown and extortion attempt. Elon Musk in court dances around meaning of ‘pedo guy’ tweet 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z “You described it as a ‘shakedown letter from a shakedown lawyer’,” Wood said, noting that Musk was actually unfamiliar with his legal career. Elon Musk: pedo guy insult was 'not classy' but not meant literally 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z “Corruption, bribery, shakedowns — all in competition over who was going to control pinball.” A look at Seattle’s exciting pinball present and sketchy past 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z The Democrats need to clearly describe Donald Trump as a wannabe Mafia boss and a shakedown artist. Pulitzer winner David Cay Johnston: Will Trump's America ends in "firing squads"? 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z “I get these shakedown letters quite a lot.” Elon Musk tries to explain Twitter in ‘pedo guy’ defamation case 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z “I get these shakedown letters a lot,” Musk said. Elon Musk in court dances around meaning of ‘pedo guy’ tweet 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The president should have looked at Ukraine and seen a country whose vulnerability meant it needed US help; instead, it seems he looked at that vulnerability and saw an opportunity for a shakedown. Editorials from around New England 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Without an actual tape of Trump ordering a shakedown of Ukraine — and maybe even with one — Republicans will not be shaken in their cultlike devotion to the president. Opinion | Sondland was devastating. But Republicans don’t care about the facts. 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Then Sondland produced documentary evidence that Mike Pompeo, the secretary of state, was kept informed about the shakedown scheme to hold back Ukrainian aid in return for investigations. Sondland points the finger at Trump – and damns others for good measure 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z He asked Musk where in the letter the shakedown occurs. Elon Musk tries to explain Twitter in ‘pedo guy’ defamation case 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Public hearings with key witnesses to Donald Trump’s shakedown operation against the leadership of Ukraine, seeking to force that country to aid his re-election campaign, have finally begun. "Human scum" speaks out: NeverTrumper Tom Nichols on the president who despises him 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z We will learn more about the phone conversation between Sondland and Trump that was overheard by a member of Taylor’s staff in a Kyiv restaurant, the day after Trump’s shakedown phone call with Zelensky. Opinion | History is in motion. Tweets and tantrums cannot stop it. 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Trump, it seems, didn't target Ukraine for a shakedown purely for opportunistic reasons. First day of impeachment hearings: Once again, all roads lead to Putin 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z The judicial appointments, the tax cuts and the regulatory rollback all matter more to them than a characteristic shakedown of the president of Ukraine. Opinion | We compare impeachments like we do French wines. Here’s where this one stacks up. 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z At its core, the impeachment inquiry is based on what Democrats say is an improper quid pro quo - a “shakedown” - that Trump engaged in during his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnkiy. Was Trump call with Ukraine ‘perfect’? GOP has many answers 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z At its core, the impeachment inquiry is based on what Democrats say is an improper quid pro quo — a “shakedown” — that Trump engaged in during his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnkiy. Was Trump call with Ukraine ‘perfect’? GOP has many answers 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z But, at the same time, he may have more to explain than other witnesses on whether he could have done more to stop a scheme he seemed to view as a shakedown. John Bolton expressed alarm about shadow Ukraine policy, but at key moments, it’s unclear what he did to stop it 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z McKinley also testified he was concerned the State Department was being dragged into an attempted shakedown of a sovereign country. Former ambassador testifies she felt threatened by Trump’s comments about her 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z “Agencies that find loving foster and adoptive homes shouldn’t be subject to ideological shakedowns by the government.” Proposed HHS rule would strip Obama-era protections for LGBTQ individuals 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z “Most people know what a shakedown is. This just happens to be three hundred and ninety million dollars that was leveraged.” The Circus Comes to the House Impeachment Inquiry 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z The surprise shakedowns yielded illegal drugs, shanks and cellphones, but prison officials say they probably didn’t get everything. Nebraska prisons seek crackdown on out-of-control contraband 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z A common-sense reading of that text reveals a president of the United States involved in a politically motivated shakedown of a foreign leader. Opinion | The smoking gun has already been revealed 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The document included three categories of misconduct: “the shakedown,” “the pressure campaign” and “the cover up.” ‘Get tougher’: Trump slams Democrats and chides Republicans as allies criticize his erratic impeachment response 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Mrs. Pelosi is making Democrats’ case that Mr. Trump committed a “shakedown” and “cover up” by pressuring Ukraine this summer. ‘Get tougher and fight’: Trump rips Romney, Republicans amid impeachment probe 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Dodo is also incredibly open for a successful enterprise in Russia, where shakedowns by authorities are a major gripe of many business owners. Russia’s pizza king wants to use the cloud to take over the world 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z “It felt like a shakedown,” said one of the guests. Gordon Sondland Elbowed His Way Into Ukraine Policy. It Could Cost Him. 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z First, President Trump abused his oath of office to serve the American people by seeking to “shakedown” the President of Ukraine to obtain damaging information about Biden, his prospective election opponent. Donald Trump: The art of the “self-shakedown” 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z But following a government crackdown on pipeline fuel thefts early this year, criminal gangs have targeted local businesses for shakedowns. Once wealthy Mexican state plagued by killings, extortion 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z What I see is a desperate president trying to convince the public that his attempted shakedown of Ukraine was so innocent, so unimpeachable, that he’s willing to do the same thing to China openly. Opinion | The GOP’s bootlicking cowardice knows no bounds 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Schiff never said Mr. Trump did nothing wrong, but rather described Mr. Trump’s conduct as a “classic organized crime shakedown” and “a real betrayal” of national security. Fact-Checking 4 of Trump’s Claims About the Impeachment Inquiry 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Like the mobsters he was emulating when he and Giuliani concocted their shakedown scheme against the Ukrainian government, Trump sees violence as a backstop solution whenever events threaten to turn against him. Cornered Trump turns to implied threats of violence: How worried should we be? 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Schiff described Mr. Trump’s side of the call as a “classic organized crime shakedown.” Examining Trump’s Claims About Democrats and Ukraine 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Ms. Galeano Valdez said she was tired of constantly looking over her shoulder in Matamoros to avoid the nightly shakedowns of asylum seekers by people associated with the cartels. Desperate Migrants on the Border: ‘I Should Just Swim Across’ 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Garamendi assured Henry the facts in the case "will be forthcoming" -- calling the Ukraine matter "clearly a shakedown" later in his interview. Ed Henry challenges Democratic lawmaker on Trump impeachment push in fiery exchange: 'Shouldn't you have had the facts' first? 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, there’s a price to be paid for refusing to stand still for a shakedown, and it cost San Diego and Oakland their NFL teams. Column: No sweat when it comes to funding new stadiums 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z At least one other offense almost surely has to be investigated: the apparent coverup of the attempted Ukraine shakedown. Opinion | Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead on impeachment. 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Schiff agreed the Ukraine flap would be easier to explain to voters, saying Trump’s conversation with the Ukrainian leader read “like a classic mob shakedown.” Selling impeachment: Democrats search for common message against Trump 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The company accused the artists of engaging in an “aggressive shakedown.” Mercedes sues in dispute with artists over Detroit murals 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z “It’s a shakedown. It’s ransom. But at least we can have fun with it. Search for Basecamp and you may see this attached ad.” YouTube’s FTC settlement won’t end its problems with regulators 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Critics said it amounted to a power play and shakedown of the crown prince’s political rivals. New Saudi anti-corruption chief to target public servants 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z “The comment alone is potentially destabilizing and sounds like a mob shakedown. Seoul's security is very much a global security issue, at whatever the cost,” Zimmerman added. Trump again appears to take North Korea’s side against his own military, allies 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z He’s had roughly two hours behind the wheel of the car that included a shakedown this week at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. Wickens to drive parade lap at Toronto with hand controls 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z News outlets report it turned up when dozens of officers conducted a shakedown for contraband Monday at the Autauga Metro Jail. Sheriff: Inmates were fermenting vegetables to make alcohol 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z After the shakedown by police, Mejia and his group headed to the city’s office of the Mexican refugee agency to apply for asylum in Mexico. It's business as usual at Mexico's southern border despite Trump deal 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z In a separate federal case in New York, he is accused of extortion and conspiracy in his alleged shakedown of Nike, the sportswear giant. Avenatti accused of embezzling nearly $2 million that NBA player paid ex-girlfriend 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z Louisiana Department of Corrections spokesman Ken Pastorick says a “shakedown” during Thursday’s 5 a.m. shift change at the prison led to the arrest. Shakedown at Angola results in guard’s arrest on drug charge 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The lawyer, who once represented adult-film star Stormy Daniels before she dropped him, was accused by federal prosecutors in New York of operating “an old-fashioned shakedown” following a sting operation. Michael Avenatti's latest accusations of extorting Nike mark end of his shot at redemption after spectacular fall from grace 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z “A suit and tie doesn’t mask the fact that, at its core, this was an old-fashioned shakedown,” Berman said. Michael Avenatti is accused of trying to extort Nike 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Keeping such a tight schedule depended on a good, solid shakedown flight to find all the problems in the command-service module. The inside story of the Apollo 1 cabin fire 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z Beyond finding Ms. Tirschwell’s allegations hard to believe, Ms. Jackson suggested they had the look of a shakedown. Wall Street Has Been Unscathed by MeToo. Until Now. 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z Thus most shakedowns rely on multi-agency investigations, which can take months. Kraft case casts uncomfortable spotlight on depths of massage parlor sex trafficking in US 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z There will be a shakedown in the business. Open-access pioneer Randy Schekman on Plan S and disrupting scientific publishing 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Miners complain of shakedowns by military forces sent to guard the region, whose homicide rate is seven times the national average. How Venezuela turns its useless bank notes into gold 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Federal authorities say he ran an old-school shakedown, threatening to stall city permissions to remodel a fast-food restaurant unless the owner hired Mr. Burke’s private law firm for real-estate tax work. ‘It’s the Human Way’: Corruption Scandals Play Out in Big Cities Across U.S. 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z The Gadsden Times reports Saturday’s shakedown was among the efforts new Marshall County Sheriff Phil Sims is using to get the jail under control. Shakedown at Alabama jail finds much contraband 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z The government incentives offered to Apple seem “more in the line of normal business site selection” compared with Amazon’s public “shakedown,” said Mark Muro, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Center. Apple upstages Amazon in selecting new tech hub locations 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z If that sounds like the work of an organized crime family running a shakedown, that's because it is. Mob boss gone mad: Trump longs to go after Clinton, apologizes for murderers 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z “He’s raising money for what he calls a legal defense fund, but who knows, it could be another profit-making shakedown for Jerome Corsi.” MSNBC panel: “Jerome Corsi is a proven, professional liar” 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Witnesses told of guns in victims’ faces and crotches, of shakedowns and demands for cash for the privilege of doing business on Bulger turf. Whitey Bulger Is Dead in Prison at 89; Long-Hunted Boston Mob Boss 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Sims says the point of the shakedown was not to charge inmates for the contraband found, but to clean up the jail. Shakedown at Alabama jail finds much contraband 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z “We will not tolerate the shakedown of local businesses by corrupt public officials and their cohorts,” said United States Attorney Nick Hanna. A state official overseeing Koreatown bars was on the take for years, prosecutors say - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z When scores of businessmen and royal family members were detained in late 2017 in what amounted to a massive shakedown - most were released after turning over assets to the regime - Mr. Trump was approving. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z When scores of businessmen and royal family members were detained in late 2017 in what amounted to a massive shakedown — most were released after turning over assets to the regime — Mr. Trump was approving. Opinion | How Trump enabled the abuses of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said he was called to the jail to assist with a shakedown. 30 months for former sheriff’s sergeant in inmate assault 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Before long the campaign is mired in threats, shakedowns and ferocious acts of violence from both sides, leaving Veronica, Linda and Alice caught in the middle. At Toronto, Steve McQueen's 'Widows' blurs genre and politics into a corrosive cocktail 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z And he sent a letter to the governor of Massachusetts complaining that the state was engaged in a “shakedown” of Maine drivers who did not pay tolls on time. Paul LePage Was Saying Whatever He Wanted Before That Was a Thing 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z “As one of the most famous athletes in the country, Mr. Beckham presents an enticing target for shakedown artists,” Beckham’s suit reportedly says. Reports: Beckham files countersuit, alleges $1 million extortion plot 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z The unit has long been suspected of involvement in shakedowns at checkpoints as well as tafeesh, many Syrians say. Syrians find plenty of bargains at markets for looted goods — sometimes their own 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z The government claims that the shakedown netted $100 billion of ill-gotten money from the prisoners. The Model for a Saudi Reformer 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Accounts of bullying for Birds and territorialism over Limes are showing up across the internet, complete with reports of break-ins and shakedowns. The cutthroat turf war behind the race to charge Bay Area electric scooters 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z The government-run English language China Daily newspaper said: "The Trump administration is behaving like a gang of hoodlums with its shakedown of other countries, particularly China." Trump raises stakes in US-China trade war 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z “The Trump administration is behaving like a gang of hoodlums with its shakedown of other countries, particularly China,” said an English-language article in the China Daily. China 'ready to fight back' as US begins trade war 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z “In effect, the Trump administration is behaving like a gang of hoodlums with its shakedown of other countries, particularly China,” the state-run China Daily newspaper said in an English language editorial on Friday. China state media slams Trump's 'gang of hoodlums' as tariffs loom 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Early on, she found herself doing cell shakedowns in a skirt and high heels. Safety Concerns Grow as Inmates Are Guarded by Teachers and Secretaries 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z “Superfly” makes one belated stab at relevance in a shakedown scene with a corrupt white cop that speaks to today’s Black Lives Matter protests. Film Review: ‘Superfly’ remakes a Blaxploitation classic 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Paul Warren, Sarah's father, denied Puliafito's shakedown allegations to The Times last week. Amid new questions, former USC medical school dean fights to keep his license 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, critics have accused Mr. Hogg of using the protest threat to extort money from Publix in what the Conservative Tribune called a “liberal shakedown.” David Hogg still waiting for Publix $1 million donation 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z The shakedown will be held at Camden Yards. Joe Biden takes on Larry Hogan 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z TRIMs amount to a sophisticated shakedown with Chinese bureaucrats playing the role of white-collar extortionists. Trump Should Play the Long Game on Trade 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z These are standard North Korean shakedown techniques, honed to perfection by three generations of regime negotiators. With Kim Jong Un, There’s No ‘Win-Win’ 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Critics — and investors — saw it as a shakedown. Saudis Toughen Crackdown, Blunting Good Publicity Over Letting Women Drive 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z "Some Qataris see this Kushner involvement as a shakedown that they ended up on the wrong side of," said David B. Roberts, a Persian Gulf scholar at King's College London. Jared Kushner may face new scrutiny over tangled financial holdings 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Mobsters today, Mr. Doherty said, have expanded to more sophisticated crimes than nightclub shakedowns, like major bookmaking operations, high-end loan sharking, offshore gambling, real estate flips, fraudulent loans and drug trafficking. At Boston Trial of ‘Cadillac Frank,’ a Who’s Who of Mobsters in Sensible Shoes 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z “In another era, we might have called this a shakedown,” Geragos said “None of these allegations are true. Nobody has done anything with this … there’s no case here. Chris is a target.” Chris Brown sued by woman claiming she was raped in his home 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Federal authorities provided only limited details in the indictment, which lists three victims of the alleged shakedowns between 2013 and 2018. Alleged MS-13 member — known as the grandpa — is accused of extorting Langley Park residents 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z The various fake accounts share information about successful shakedowns and continue pouncing on those victims, he said. How Fake Mark Zuckerbergs Scam Facebook Users Out of Their Cash 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z The Chicago Tribune reports that Lee’s attorney, Jonathan Freund, called the lawsuit “a shakedown” and says Lee denies the allegations. Masseuse accuses Marvel’s Stan Lee of fondling himself 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The negotiation is so obviously a shakedown, people. North Korean Leader Says ‘We No Longer Need’ Nuclear or Missile Tests 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z The indictments Friday against Wilbanks say his shakedown of his employees and the citizen for narcotics and opioids happened for nearly a decade and when he was in uniform and on duty. Prosecutors: Police chief made officers give him drugs 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z And then there are the taxes and shakedowns. How Heineken beer survives in Congo 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Remember, the Clinton Foundation investigation centered on compelling evidence that the Clinton Cartel was using the foundation for a global shakedown and extortion racket. ‘Slimeball’ versus Stormy Daniels 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Before recent changes to the rules there, he said, defendants frequently complained of shakedowns in which bondsmen demanded extra payments. When Bail Feels Less Like Freedom, More Like Extortion 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z While many Saudis welcomed the crackdown, others questioned whether the arrests were really a financial shakedown or an attempt to sideline the prince's potential rivals for the throne. Controversial Saudi prince known as MBS heads to White House and Silicon Valley 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z “It will be interesting to see what happens in China with their sports system and coaching system and the whole thing in the next few months, because there’s probably a big old shakedown coming.” China stumbling on path to Olympic glory at 2022 home games 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z That, the bill’s supporters say, would keep small-business owners from being targeted for legal shakedowns. Activists for disabled fear House bill would gut Americans With Disabilities Act 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z "This is nothing more than a shakedown by a man broken by his own criminal actions," the Levinsons said in a statement issued to the MLB Trade Rumors website. Lawsuit claims agency made improper payments, orchestrated PED coverup 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Many jails conduct sporadic shakedowns, scouring cells for signs of gang affiliation, such as clique acronyms in gothic lettering or devil horns drawn on the wall. ‘Vying for control’: How MS-13 uses violence and extortion in America’s jails 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z And the government’s zeal to reach financial settlements fed suspicions that it was pursuing a shakedown of its wealthiest citizens rather than a comprehensive attempt at reform. Saudi Arabia releases most detainees in corruption probe after settlements totaling nearly $107 billion 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z White might have never split for Las Vegas had he not been the target of a shakedown by a reputed Boston mobster named Kevin Weeks. Boston homecoming shows White’s rapid rise as head of UFC 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z White might have never split for Las Vegas when he did except for the pesky fact he was the target of a shakedown by a reputed mobster named Kevin Weeks. Boston homecoming shows White’s rapid rise as head of UFC 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z The government soon disclosed that it was hoping to reach financial settlements with the accused, rather than bring criminal charges, which fed suspicions of a government shakedown rather than an earnest attempt at reform. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, billionaire investor, is released from custody in Saudi Arabia 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z Officials occasionally discover coded letters during shakedowns, which they send to the FBI to be deciphered. ‘Vying for control’: How MS-13 uses violence and extortion in America’s jails 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z They called the plan “Orwellian,” and said it was a “shakedown” that would hurt truck drivers, small businesses and middle-class Queens residents. In Protests, a Hint of the Fight to Come Over Congestion Pricing 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z But on both sides of politics, such profound shifts will trigger further shakedowns and splits. What happens when the jobs dry up in the new world? The left must have an answer | John Harris 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Some folks might be getting a few extra bucks from the GOP tax cut but most will be paying a lot more from predatory shakedowns. States Push Back After Net Neutrality Repeal 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z “Who do you think is going to pay for North Korean athletes to come here? North Korea will treat this as a shakedown racket.” Korea talks set for next week, with low expectations and lots of wariness 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Singer has previously derided the 2014 legal claims as a “sick, twisted shakedown,” and his attorneys have maintained they are baseless. Bryan Singer rape accuser says fear of being outed kept him from going to police in 2003 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Singer has previously derided the 2014 legal claims as a “sick, twisted shakedown,” and his attorneys have maintained that they were baseless. Director Bryan Singer faces lawsuit over alleged rape of teen in 2003 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z In the years since, he remained largely uninvolved in the day-to-day work of gang life — in El Salvador, mostly shakedowns of small-business owners — and operated more like a human rights lawyer in a conflict zone. ‘They Will Have to Answer to Us’ 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z He talks about modernizing his country's economy but then rounds up the most prominent business people in the country for a shakedown as if he were some dumb communist dictator who fears free enterprise. Yemen’s War Is a Tragedy. Is It Also a Crime? 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z “If the Saudi authorities don’t offer a chance for legal defense, then this is nothing other than a shakedown.” Saudi Arabia Squeezes Detainees as It Tries to Seize Assets 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Bryan Singer has previously derided the legal claims as a “sick, twisted shakedown,” and on Sunday his attorney maintained that the lawsuits were baseless. Second accuser backs actor Anthony Edwards' molestation allegation against producer Gary Goddard 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Yet his roundup of the kingdom’s most prominent businessmen in a kingdom where corruption is endemic looks more like a Putinesque shakedown than a move toward a transparent system. Trump hitches Mideast policy to a reckless prince 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z That strategy predates Trump, and U.S. officials have complained about a shakedown for years. Trump’s zigzagging approach to North Korea veers toward military options 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Alan Durning, who helped author I-122, said he’s pleased with how it’s working so far on its “shakedown cruise” in City Council races, which for the primary means Positions 8 and 9. Seattle’s democracy vouchers haven’t kept big money out of primary election 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Since every bit of time on the tight and tricky track mattered, though, drivers ran the shakedown session anyway. A trackside look at Formula E's historic weekend in New York City 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z The shakedown at Chickasaw is the 16th overall since early March and the 10th of 15 regional facilities. Small amount of contraband found at correctional facility 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z He was most recently incarcerated, at the age of 93 in 2010, for a racketeering conspiracy involving the shakedown of New York strip clubs. Reputed New York gangster released from prison at age 100 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z And, moreover, YouTubers are rarely as inane and uncreative as the latest Tom Cruise summer flick or yet another shakedown of the Pirates of the Caribbean money tree. Will E3 ever be a mobile games show? 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z The department says Saturday’s shakedown resulted in the arrest of 23-year-old April Matthews of Baton Rouge. Corrections investigators block employee’s smuggling attempt 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z A Fox Sports camera operator braves the rain to shoot the shakedown session. A trackside look at Formula E's historic weekend in New York City 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z The first episode from the series’ forthcoming season was uploaded Friday to The Pirate Bay, a file-sharing website, months after the shakedown attempt was allegedly first initiated and six weeks shy of its scheduled premiere. New ‘Orange is the New Black’ episodes leaked online after Netflix ignores ransom demand 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z “There is a shakedown cruise for every administration,” he said. Trump and his aides sow confusion by sending mixed signals on foreign affairs 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z After Reddix was indicted in July, she told reporters that “it’s our position that Dr. Reddix is a victim of a shakedown.” Analysis: Someone might want a trial in Epps bribery case 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z “It is not a coincidence that this shakedown effort comes within weeks of the campaign filing deadline,” Reading said. Seattle mayor Ed Murray denies claims he sexually abused three men 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z "It is not a coincidence that this shakedown effort comes within weeks of the campaign filing deadline." Man sues Seattle mayor, claiming sexual abuse as a teen 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z This is the sixth prison shakedown in a month, according to a news release from the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Mississippi prison shakedown turns up cocaine, meth, shanks 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z “This is nothing more than an old-fashioned shakedown,” he said earlier this month. Prosecutor reviewing sex-abuse allegations against ‘Deadliest Catch’ star Sig Hansen 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z It’s a shakedown cruise to test the hardware and life support equipment. Trump, with NASA, has a new rocket and spaceship. Where’s he going to go? 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z “This is nothing more than an old-fashioned shakedown,” he said in a recent interview. Daughter sues ‘Deadliest Catch’ star Sig Hansen, alleging she was molested as a child 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z It intimidates, inviting the likelihood of a shakedown or an arbitrary arrest. Trump's season of fear: inside the devastation left by immigration raids 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z The Los Angeles Police Protective League, which represents rank-and-file officers like Ferguson, dismissed the suit as a “shakedown” in a statement Wednesday. Lawsuit filed against off-duty LAPD officer who fired gun during videotaped Anaheim clash 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Many of the alleged shakedowns took place while the Baltimore Police Department was under intense media scrutiny and facing a U.S. Seven Baltimore police officers arrested on racketeering charges 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z What there is, however, is hard evidence of the NFL’s Super Bowl shakedown. What's the value of hosting a Super Bowl? Not as much as you'd think 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z They were selected for the first manned mission of the Apollo moon program, meant to orbit the Earth in a shakedown flight. Apollo 1’s crew: a Mercury astronaut, spacewalker and rookie 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z The Frenchman set the pace in the new-look Fiesta car on the 3.35km 'shakedown' over mountain roads around the town of Gap in southern France. Rallying: Ogier fastest in Monte Carlo shakedown 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z A cap-and-trade program to reward businesses that lower greenhouse gases is on a shakedown cruise. California Editorial Roundup 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Five of the seven are charged with racketeering for shakedowns before they joined the task force. Seven Baltimore police officers arrested on racketeering charges 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Back in 1991, I was one of the only reporters with Bill Clinton at one of his early Hollywood shakedowns. The Clintons turned the Democratic party over to donors. Can it recover? | Jill Abramson 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z It is an open invitation for a shakedown of the government by corporate executives seeking handouts. What the US economy doesn't need from Donald Trump | Joseph Stiglitz 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z In that spirit, his Carrier shakedown is a short-term political victory that will hurt workers and the economy if it becomes the norm for the next four years. Trump’s Carrier Shakedown 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z “It was a shakedown,” Figures, who died last year, said while testifying at his trial. Jeff Sessions accused of retaliation after claims of racism cost him a judgeship 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Like most businessmen who recounted their experiences with shakedowns, the man spoke on the condition of anonymity. Killers on a Shoestring: Inside the Gangs of El Salvador 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Defense lawyers and industry groups counter that while the underlying issues are important, the suits are a legal-fee shakedown and don’t help improve accessibility. Companies Face Lawsuits Over Website Accessibility For Blind Users 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z In the late 1970s, The Chicago Sun-Times’s surreptitious operation of a bar to document shakedowns by city inspectors generated a criticism from fellow journalists against similar forms of deception in news gathering. William Gaines, Prizewinning Investigative Reporter, Dies at 82 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z He also apologized to British Petroleum for the “shakedown” it received when others sought to hold it accountable for the environmental damage done by the Deepwater Horizon oil-rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Deniers club: Meet the people clouding the climate change debate 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z But Trump, whose donation of $12,500 to Schneiderman preceded his election, filed a state ethics complaint alleging that Schneiderman continued to seek donations, calling the fraud case a “shakedown.” Trump takes heat over political donations 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z But Mr. Trump, whose donation of $12,500 to Mr. Schneiderman preceded his election, filed a state ethics complaint alleging that Mr. Schneiderman continued to seek donations, calling the fraud case a “shakedown.” Donald Trump’s Donation Is His Latest Brush With Campaign Fund Limits 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z They paint a greasy scene in which the Department of State is transformed into a global shakedown scheme with the Clinton Foundation as the gatekeeper and “favor” maker around the world. Anthony Weiner, Clintons and Alt-Right Wing Conspiracy 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Credit to Judge Percy Anderson for stopping this shakedown, and for his amusing eye roll at the lawyers who brought the case. Starbucks Sippy Cups for Lawyers 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z This appears nothing more than an old-fashioned shakedown - or, as Mr. Trump puts it, “pay to play” if you want attention from the Clintons. Georgia editorial roundup 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Hosting the Olympics is no longer anything more than another shakedown by the IOC, one of the world's most corrupt international organizations. An Olympic Event Where 1st Prize Is the Chance to Lose Billions 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z The owner of a storefront museum in Little Italy says shakedowns are a thing of the past. Mobsters in Little Italy? Gentrifying NYC enclave scoffs 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z But F. Rivers LeLong Jr. calls the lawsuits a hypocritical "shakedown cruise" by the same governments that have long profited from drilling. Louisiana pols go to court blaming Big Oil for coastal ruin 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z A defense lawyer says a 57-year-old Jackson physician accused of bribery fell victim to a “shakedown” by former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps. The Latest: Lawyer says doctor was hit by Epps’ ‘shakedown’ 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z But its shakedown of rich donors is reprehensible. Georgia editorial roundup 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z The other contends that banks have been the victims of a capricious and unjustified shakedown, driven entirely by politics, with little opportunity for redress. Hongkong and Shanghaied 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z “Attending a meeting with Facebook where you were invited to voice your opinions about their media activity and then voicing them is not an act of shakedown,” conservative blogger Ben Domenech wrote. Facebook is making some big changes to Trending Topics, responding to conservatives 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z American shakedown Florida congressman David Jolly’s Stop Act seeking a ban of political fundraising has garnered national attention but limited support from his political peers. Sanders mulls Kentucky recount after Oregon win | The daily briefing 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Raids were not uncommon, but they usually consisted of a shakedown and a few arrests by cops from the local precinct. Stonewall Inn regulars applaud Obama amid monument plans: 'It's about time' 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Schooled in video games and comic book universes, Franklin is an earnest superhero on a street of panhandlers, shakedown artists and the tempting glow of neon. Costumed character doubles pose for tips with tourists as they live the dream on Hollywood's Walk of Fame 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z It's time to play hardball against these shakedown tactics. Google’s Antitrust Woes in Europe Are Likely to Grow 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Democratic institutions and constitutions are still undergoing their shakedown cruise in many places, where political successors are trying just as hard to cling to power as their predecessors. Keep the Candle of Freedom Burning in the Congo 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z “The first week or two is at least a shakedown,” Scully said. Dodgers open at home in 2nd place with Scully at mic 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, here in Washington, Lafayette Square was overrun by Sciurus carolinensis, the Eastern gray squirrel, a shakedown artist as aggressive as any three-card monte hustler. Remembering the Great Squirrel Purge of Lafayette Square 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Maybe a shakedown of Wall Street bankers is how you win the hearts and minds of New York’s establishment class? Sanders and Cruz won Wisconsin. That's unlikely to change the race overall | Matt Laslo 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Horn said a shakedown will randomly occur at all 33 correctional facilities within the state in the next several months. Feds say Georgia inmates carried out fraud scheme from cells 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Such shakedowns, the report said, were not limited to Ms. Shobukhova, nor to Russian athletes. Officials Accused of Extortion to Clear Athletes Who Doped 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z On Thursday, the group voted unanimously in favor of plans to squeeze ISIS’ money-making schemes, including sales of illicit oil and antiquities, human trafficking and shakedowns. United Nations Security Council approves Syria peace plan 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z A “Frequently Asked Questions” document provided by a CEC spokeswoman asks, given the exchange of money in lieu of bypassing the criminal justice system, “How is this not considered a ‘shakedown’ of the offender?” Firm that teaches 'life skills' to suspected shoplifters extorts them, suit alleges 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Worth asking is what did 1 person do that resulted in a complete shakedown of the plane & passengers, & a 5 hour delay. Boston-bound flight carrying Chris Christie delayed because of photo-snapping passenger 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z But having divulged it is the reason I’m in the mess that I’m in with having all the — all the shakedowns, you know,” Sheen replied. Charlie Sheen says he’s HIV-positive, has been extorted for $10 million over diagnosis 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z After a woman named Judy Huth filed a lawsuit in California against Mr. Cosby last year, for example, Mr. Singer said in court papers that her claim was “meritless” and nothing short of “a shakedown.” Defamation Suits Against Cosby Point to Peril of Belittling Accusers 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z As other organized crime was getting ever more sophisticated — hacking into bank accounts, stealing identities — Mr. Asaro was still talking about small robberies and little shakedowns. Trial of Vincent Asaro Highlights Loss of Mafia’s Code of Silence 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z “It’s unfortunate that Mr. Al-Saud’s criminal defense attorney publicly accused our clients of a “shakedown” and fabricating their horrifying experience. New abuse allegations filed in civil suit against Saudi prince 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z After Ms. Huth filed suit last year, Mr. Singer said in court papers that her claim was “meritless” and nothing short of “a shakedown.” Cosby Replaces Longtime Lawyer in Two Lawsuits 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Mr Al-Saud's lawyer, Alan Jackson, said his client was innocent and claimed the case was "some kind of shakedown for money". Saudi prince avoids charges over alleged sex assaults in LA - BBC News 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Defense lawyer Alan Jackson says the allegations were motivated by a shakedown for money. Los Angeles DA declines felony charge against Saudi royal 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z In court, Benton was emotionless when another e-mail was read: “Either he honors his commitment, or we expose him as the money-grubbing shakedown artist that he is.” Trial exposes intrigue in 2012 Iowa campaign 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Barack Obama’s plan for British Petroleum to set aside $20 billion to clean up their oil spill, “a Chicago-style political shakedown”. Boehner's Resignation Won't Mean Much for Science in Congress 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Trump attacked Schneiderman, calling him a “political hack” whose lawsuit was a publicity grab and a shakedown for campaign contributions. Donald Trump billed his ‘University’ as a road to riches, but critics call it a fraud 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z The resignations over the suspected shakedown complicate Chris Christie’s already lolloping presidential run. The chairman’s flight 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z "As we were about to release the movie, they pop up and say: 'There's another contract,' one that was never signed and that was never part of any agreement. …This was a classic shakedown effort." For Hollywood, the road to China is littered with broken deals 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z As the New Yorker’s Ryan Lizz noted this morning, state Republicans run the risk of turning the caucuses into “a massive shakedown operation.” Unflattering side of Iowa's GOP politics draws new scrutiny 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Abele told me he detested the shakedown of cities and states to build private stadiums. Bucks’ New Owners Get House-Warming Gift of Public Money 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Walters denied wrongdoing in all of the cases, calling the government’s pursuit “a shakedown” in a 2011 interview with the Journal. Trading Investigation Eyes Ex-Chairman of Dean Foods and Golfer Phil Mickelson 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z In all likelihood, the shakedown of Greenpeace, and of other civil society groups, will continue. India’s war on Greenpeace | Samanth Subramanian 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Sometimes they say it’s a “celebrity shakedown”, sometimes the motive is “just jealousy”, and when it’s a regular down-to-earth man accused of something terrible, it’s simply “a lie”. Joey Bada$$'s Cosby defence shows how rape culture discredits women 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z The executive described the article as “a shakedown” and denied ever texting with the escort. Gawker Retracts an Article After Criticism, and Gets More Brickbats From Its Staff 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Using a family member also gives the actual beneficiary a little distance, reducing the somewhat distasteful appearance of a shakedown by holding your own hand out. Will you please donate money to my dad? He’s a real swell guy. 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Constand also filed a defamation lawsuit alleging a Cosby lawyer smeared her in the tabloid press by accusing her family of demanding money in a “classic shakedown.” Cosby’s first known accuser was no aspiring starlet 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The report also recommends deploying U.N. troops at major border crossings to combat smuggling and highway taxation shakedowns. Central African Republic: Terrorist ‘economy’ bankrolls bloodshed in African nation 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z If the Dutch get their act together in Riga against Latvia, of course, this group will have had something of a shakedown. Euro 2016 qualifiers clockwatch – as it happened 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z The defendants said it was a shakedown, a view that also found some support in Hollywood. Lawyers apologize to Hollywood execs wrongly accused of sexual abuse 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z In a statement, the department said the unannounced lockdown of the 11 prisons was intended to shakedown every housing unit, cell and inmate for the search. New Mexico prisons on lockdown for annual contraband hunt 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Banks complained that the threat amounted to a shakedown. Benjamin Lawsky to Step Down as New York’s Top Financial Regulator 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z He showed a graphic of the speed of Netflix videos on Comcast before and after it had negotiated a deal for faster service with the cable provider, comparing it to a “mob shakedown.” Once Comcast’s Deal Shifted to a Focus on Broadband, Its Ambitions Were Sunk 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z If the Dutch get their act together in Riga against Latvia, of course, this group will have had something of a shakedown. Euro 2016 qualifiers clockwatch – as it happened 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z “Yes, there’s always shakedown artists out there, but if you want to make these type of claims against Facebook and the like you better have a legitimate claim.” Want To Sue A Startup? Hire This Man 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z “The tactics are different, but the end result is a good, old-fashioned shakedown.” This year’s fight for the tech industry: Patent trolls 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z One type is petty corruption, which refers to shakedowns of regular people by government officials. Sarah Chayes Explores Global Corruption in 'Thieves of State' 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z While the battle against the other platforms is effectively over, the shakedown between Google’s Android, Open Source Android, and iOS, will only continue to become more violent and aggressive during 2015. Android And iOS Have Destroyed The Competition 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z It derives money from extortion and shakedowns of the 6 million people who live in ISIS-controlled territory, selling oil, looting Syria’s rich cultural patrimony, and ransoming hostages. How to bankrupt the Islamic State 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z For many Colombians, the threat of such shakedowns remains. Boom in Colombian extortion rings undermines security gains 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Relatives of victims are reluctant to report crimes to police, fearing months of detention for migration violations and shakedowns for bribes, according to Fortify Rights executive director Matthew Smith. Rohingya refugees say traffickers in Malaysia abuse and kill 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z So you rush in within the first few days it is open for business, only to find that the restaurant really hasn’t finished the “shakedown” period. 5 Things to Do Before You Apply to Any Job 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Nurallah, an employee at the factory who once worked as a police officer, told her about the humiliation that his brother experienced during a shakedown by Afghan police. Can Corruption Be Eradicated? 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Wolf also discounted what he called “sham concerns” about victims’ rights, accusing the attorneys suing Sater of a “legal shakedown” aimed at using the threat of public disclosure to force a lucrative settlement deal. Loretta Lynch’s office cheated stock fraud victims out of $40M, retired judge says 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z “A common man had emerged from the shadows of fear. He shot back when others only fantasized their responses to shakedowns on the New York subways,” Fletcher writes, summarizing the mythology surrounding the shootings. Two Shootings, 30 Years Apart, Linked by Fear 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z "I don't understand what the consideration was," Brown said of the alleged shakedowns. Sam Nazarian wins casino license, must submit to random drug testing 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z So owners and lobbyists handle the shakedown of cities for publicly funded stadiums; Commissioner Roger Goodell alights when a grip and grin is needed to seal the deal. Buffalo Bills Cheerleaders’ Fight for Wages and Respect 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z The car, to be driven by British tester Oliver Turvey, is only allowed to do 100km under testing restrictions with demonstration tires in what is effectively a 'shakedown' to ensure everything works. McLaren ready to debut new Honda engine 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Other government departments viewed customs as a shakedown target, they said. In Afghanistan’s Customs System, Corruption Is Part of the Bargain 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z “As long as police agencies know that all or some of the cash they seize will be funneled back into them, the roadside shakedowns are going to continue,” the Register’s Oct. 19 editorial said. Highway seizure in Iowa fuels debate about asset-forfeiture laws Something tells me that before a Zuckerberg deposition rolls around next year, some of the pique may have faded over DLA Piper’s participation in what certainly seems like it was a transparent shakedown attempt. Digging Into Facebook's Malicious Prosecution Suit Against DLA Piper Law Firm 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z A big part of the FSA's image problem in Syria concerns profiteering, including shakedowns of businessmen and kidnappings for cash. U.S. again turns to Syria's FSA rebels, despite known problems 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Baccari’s defense attorney argued he was the victim of a shakedown and that the councilmen, whom he called “jackals,” extorted him. RI things to know: More debates, an Ebola recovery 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Arpaio’s lawyers say in court papers Tuesday that the report alleges investigators failed to act on information provided to them while they examined shakedown allegations against a former deputy. Arpaio’s lawyers pan critique of investigations 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z As long as police agencies know that all or some of the cash they seize will be funneled back into them, the roadside shakedowns are going to continue. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Selig refined the shakedown of municipalities in a fashion that would bring a knowing smile to the face of a loan shark. For Barry Bonds, a Decade of Inflated Blame for the Steroid Era 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Defense lawyers in the bribery and conspiracy trial of a prominent developer portrayed him as the victim of a shakedown by greedy North Providence town councilmen. RI things to know: Ebola concerns, bribery trial 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z There is no doubt that a massive shakedown is under way. The unromantic truth: supermarkets aren’t dying, and that’s a good thing 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z In 2011 the oil company filed an unusual countersuit in federal court in New York, accusing Donziger of running a massive corporate shakedown. A Way to Clean Up Ecuador's Oil Mess 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z The team reacted strongly to the suit, with Cowboys attorney Levi McCathern calling the allegations “completely false” and a “shakedown,” CNN reports. Cowboys Owner Accused of Sexual Assault 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z A shakedown disclosed about $6,000 in cash among the five men – more than half of it in consecutively numbered $100 bills. Watergate and the White House: The 'Third-Rate Burglary' That Toppled a President 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z In Orizaba, another dreaded shakedown site farther north, gunmen put a pistol to his temple and accused him of being a smuggling guide who hadn’t paid the gang protection money. Mexico is weak link to cross-border immigration enforcement “It’s getting harder to tell the difference between Tesla’s search and a shakedown,” wrote Greg Jefferson, business editor of the San Antonio Express Express-News. Tesla Explains Why It Seeks $500 Million In Gigafactory Incentives 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Advancing a “shame narrative” of American history, these radicals carried out a “political shakedown” in which they secured power by exploiting the guilt of the good-hearted American people. Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' Is Bad History and Paranoid Agitprop 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine a system more suited to hiding political shakedowns and payola. Corporate America May Have the Answer for Dark Money Transparency 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Two attorneys, one of them once connected to disgraced former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, are also charged with extortion and conspiracy in the alleged shakedown. Woman accused in $20-million extortion plot pleads not guilty 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z After a six- or seven-week shakedown, the satellite’s lone instrument, a high-resolution spectrometer, will begin its mission of scanning the Earth. NASA to launch global warming satellite after loss 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z “It’s an early-season shakedown to knock the dust off the boots and get back into it,” he said. Volunteer firefighters train for wildfire season 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z Neuman’s Los Angeles attorneys say in a statement the dismissal exposes the lawsuit as an “unethical smearing and failed shakedown of a completely innocent man.” Sex abuse lawsuit dropped against ex-TV executive 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Neuman's Los Angeles attorneys say in a statement the dismissal exposes the lawsuit as an "unethical smearing and failed shakedown of a completely innocent man." Sex abuse lawsuit dropped against ex-TV executive 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z The ship will be based in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, for about a month while it undergoes shakedown tests at sea, and will then continue on, through the Panama Canal. US Arctic research ship ready to cast off 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Second, because it wrecked the economy, and most seriously because of the bailout and the way Goldman Sachs throws its weight around on Capitol Hill, like a shakedown. Ralph Nader: “The left is seized by fear and the right is driven by brass” 2014-05-02T11:44:00Z So far, it’s unclear whether large tech companies will protest a potential shakedown or embrace their incumbent status. The FCC’s Net Neutrality Proposal: Why It Stinks and How It Could Affect You 2014-04-24T21:00:37Z He that he expects to be found liable—a ruling is likely any day now—for turning his Ecuadorian lawsuit into a shakedown operation. Did Chevron's Lawyers Double-Cross the Oil Company? 2014-02-19T10:55:09Z It was a shakedown of the American Dream. Halloween Turns 35 2013-10-25T10:50:23Z Aside from ensuring that no head of any major bank is ever going to want to help the government in similar situations again, the deal also has the worrisome aura of a populist shakedown. JPMorgan's $13 Billion Fine Is Only a Shakedown 2013-10-24T14:20:27Z Under this sort of system of allocating fees the semi-random shakedown attempts that I’m defining as true patent trolling simply will never get started. How To Beat The Patent Trolls European Union Style 2013-09-26T12:04:00Z And yet the tentative plan is to have enough successful shakedown cruises complete that the commercial flights can begin sometime in 2014. The Hour Is Nigh for Tourists in Space 2013-09-26T12:50:24Z They imagine that paying up might exempt them from future shakedowns. Fancy Sports Arenas Waste Money 2013-08-18T01:35:31Z Sicha also does not cover the editorial shakedown, a practice that involves composing polite notes to editors because some editors seem rather forgetful when it comes time to pay. The Freelancer's Hustle 2013-08-06T10:50:24Z The demand, which some U.S. military officials saw as a shakedown, prompted influential U.S. lawmakers to threaten to withhold U.S. aid to Afghanistan. Afghan government relents in dispute with U.S. over customs fines 2013-08-01T21:51:13Z U.S. officials see the Afghan request as a veiled shakedown and have declined to pay. Senators threaten to hold back Afghan aid over customs fines 2013-07-23T19:04:35Z BP does not deserve the shakedown that appears to be taking place in the US. Prudential Regulation Authority gets off to a bad start on bank leverage 2013-07-12T19:16:53Z “Yes,” he replied, adding: “I wish you would stop calling it a baseless shakedown because it’s so derogatory.” Promoter Ignored Ill Singer, Jackson Family Lawyers Say 2013-06-06T01:03:34Z Camp officials spy on lawyers' supposedly private meetings with their clients, seize confidential legal documents and harass prisoners with daily cell shakedowns and degrading bodily searches, the lawyers said. Military lawyers urge Hagel to improve Guantanamo conditions 2013-05-23T00:28:40Z These are transparent efforts to shakedown companies for settlements, with no intention of engaging in the expensive process of litigation culminating in a trial. Not So Scary, After All: In Defense Of Patent Trolls 2013-02-02T01:19:58Z In my case the whole situation felt a little like an old mobster movie-style shakedown. Copyright In The Twilight Zone: The Strange Case Of 'Buffy Versus Edward' 2013-01-15T18:22:17Z Mr. Ostreicher’s case led to the uncovering of a shakedown ring said to be run by the top legal adviser in the Interior Ministry, and including two prosecutors. | The Americas: Bolivian Court Refuses to Free Jailed American Businessman 2012-12-12T05:29:14Z Bono spoke of the “network effect” and a radical shakedown affecting hierarchical institutions, particularly among repressive regimes in regions like the Middle East. Bono's 'Humbling' Realizations About Aid, Capitalism And Nerds 2012-10-22T15:03:01Z "Company shakedowns, massive amounts of money being given privately and much more." How British companies pour cash into the American elections 2012-10-06T23:06:42Z In reality, consumer advocates say, the practice amounts to a little more than a shakedown tactic. Double Trouble: Debt Agencies and D.A.s Team Up 2012-09-25T13:50:42Z What about the users who just accept the monetization shakedown deal because they are too scared of loosing their videos or having their whole channel deleted? Copyright In The Twilight Zone: The Strange Case Of 'Buffy Versus Edward' 2013-01-15T18:22:17Z Using vibrant, clear examples, Stone reveals that magic is not just shakedowns and con games. MIND Reviews: Fooling Houdini 2012-09-21T11:45:00.170Z Companies like American Greetings and Bob Evans were making empty threats to leave the state, Strickland said, and Kasich’s deals with them amounted to “shakedowns” that benefited no one. Did Barack Obama Save Ohio? 2012-09-09T05:18:02Z It should be a solemn place, not a place for a financial shakedown of patients. Accretive settles Minnesota charges for $2.5M 2012-07-30T21:46:00Z In Lee's eyes, any such shakedown would be advantageous for comedy. Stewart Lee on Jimmy Carr: 'The public need to get fed up with standups' 2012-07-09T13:47:51Z “Beyond outright threats and shakedowns, even time on a facility’s pay phones was found to be controlled and sold by gang members,” Lee C. Seglem, assistant director of the state commission, said in an interview. Unlocked: At Bo Robinson, a Halfway House in New Jersey, Bedlam Reigns 2012-06-18T04:46:29Z The ranks of the police, meanwhile, are filled with drug users, thieves and “shakedown artists,” said the official, who asked not to be identified because he works with the Afghans. NATO Formally Agrees to Transition on Afghan Security 2012-05-22T14:20:07Z It was a classic shakedown, the kind the NFL is particularly good at. Column: Vikings get sweetheart stadium deal 2012-05-12T22:11:09Z In a motion to dismiss the case Monday, Facebook produced a small labratory’s worth of forensic evidence to bolster its contention that Paul Ceglia’s lawsuit is no more than a “fraudulent shakedown.” Facebook Asks Court to Throw Out ?Fraudulent? Paul Ceglia Lawsuit 2012-03-27T13:22:25Z It led to a snug shakedown, under the lee of a slope roofed over with dry branches and grass. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z The owners, in turn, have called the lawyers shakedown artists bent on ruining their good reputations to extort money. Expert Witnesses Faulted in Suit Against Mets? Owners 2012-01-28T02:50:38Z Law enforcement, he argues, should be more than a government shakedown. Judge Rakoff on free love, the death penalty, defending crooks and Wall Street justice 2012-01-20T17:10:55Z I had a shakedown on a canvased-in porch, on which were six beds and four cots. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z “Forget Sisay, he just got dropped,” somebody else on the truck said of the shakedown on First Avenue. Sports of The Times: New York Marathon: Togetherness Helps Set Geoffrey Mutai Apart 2011-11-07T01:16:34Z Mrs C. gave them shakedowns on sofas and floor, to which they repaired at disgraceful hours of the night, because they could not stop talking. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z "You don't call a blanket and cushion on a mesa a shakedown, do you?" The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z "I can give you a shakedown in my hut." The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z "I'm afraid we could only give you a shakedown in the dining-room——" "Yes—that would do——" Dorothy went out to give Stan his orders. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z Andy Hall, a foreign expert on migrant labor issues at Mahidol University in Bangkok, says such shakedowns are common: "There's been systematic corruption, discrimination, exploitation, migrants are treated like walking ATMs." Burmese refugees find a new home in Thailand but end up enslaved there 2011-09-30T11:30:00Z In all our movings and re-furnishings, the first proceeding was to go in ourselves; a shakedown and something to eat, and we set to work from the centre and not from the outside. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z But the group is not just a two-bit mafia enriching itself with shakedown schemes. Brutal Haqqani Clan Bedevils U.S. in Afghanistan 2011-09-24T23:10:22Z "I'll make a shakedown for myself in the store room," he answered. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z Now he's one of the better players at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada for his shakedown of a memorabilia dealer in 2007. The newcomer's guide to the Pac-12 2011-08-28T01:14:44Z There will be a shakedown of the less serious cases although all forms of looting and rioting are going to attract greater sentences. England riots: ministers wrong to 'steer' courts, says Lord Carlile 2011-08-17T14:28:12Z The grand shakedown was accomplished; he had milked his milk; he had sheared his sheep and skinned them, and nailed their hides up to dry. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z The residue will tarry for a shakedown and a rest. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Interviews with dozens of migrants in Dadun and other nearby factory neighborhoods revealed raw resentment of harassment and shakedowns from public security teams and local security guards. Special Report:China migrant unrest exposes generation faultline 2011-06-29T03:14:51Z Aurelius called the probe “a shakedown operation” in a June 17 court filing and vowed not to participate in any settlement talks between shareholders and the other hedge funds. WaMu Trust Preferred Holders Seek to Join Hedge Fund Probe 2011-06-20T22:47:44Z Asked if the payment amounts to a high-tech shakedown, he smiles widely. Stephen Elop's Nokia Adventure 2011-06-02T04:40:04Z Rahm Emanuel, now Chicago's mayor, testified briefly on Wednesday that he had no knowledge of any shakedowns by the former governor. Former Ill. Gov. Blagojevich takes stand in own defense 2011-05-27T00:10:42Z Zagel said the defense was not entitled to the notes because there no evidence that Obama knew Blagojevich was allegedly trying to execute shakedowns. Blagojevich trial hears differing views on alleged favors 2011-05-17T00:33:40Z "The defendant was conducting shakedown after shakedown," U.S. Ex-governor Blagojevich wanted cash: prosecutor 2011-05-02T23:54:46Z Her new Indonesian friends talked to her about corruption in government agencies, police and military shakedowns, the power of the president’s entourage. Magazine Preview: Obama?s Young Mother Abroad 2011-04-20T14:59:19Z Was it a sales shakedown or was it sincere? Tuesday's Tip: Dealing With Pesky Software Licensing Audits 2011-04-19T23:55:35Z Last week, Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, called the legal effort “nothing less than a regulatory shakedown” by the bureau and other federal agencies. GOP, financial industry giving new consumer financial agency a hostile start 2011-03-16T01:18:16Z "What is occurring appears to be nothing less than a regulatory shakedown by the new Bureau for Consumer Financial Protection, the FDIC, the Fed, certain attorneys general, and the administration," Shelby said. Administration accused of bypassing Congress in negotiating deal with banks 2011-03-10T01:55:01Z The distinction of this new phalanx of old-fashioned critics who wanted to confer literature by university degree was that they wrote as gentlemen for gentlemen: they first gave criticism in England a respectable shakedown. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z "It's no more than five mile to Chelwood," said the man blandly, "and maybe you get a better shakedown there." Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z It’s old and rickety and don’t accommodate half a dozen comfortably; but it’ll give them a roof, some kind of a shakedown, and a warm meal to brace them up.” The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z The bank has largely avoided clashes with Russian officialdom—no small feat in a country where businesses are periodically targeted with dubious investigations that, executives complain, amount to shakedowns or asset grabs. Renaissance Capital: A Moscow Survivor 2010-12-29T22:00:00Z “The lab directors go before Congress asking for money, and it’s a shakedown,” says Daryl Kimball, of the Arms Control Association. New START: Fewer Nukes, but More Money 2010-12-22T21:00:00Z Throw a shakedown by the fire for me. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z With Nixon, the campaign finance dirtiness was breath-taking and blatant, with reports of slush funds and shakedowns regularly making the news for more than a year before the election. Obama channels Bob Dole and George McGovern 2010-10-11T15:58:00Z The federal government had argued in court that the hospital was the subject of a shakedown for campaign money by Blagojevich. Blagojevich auction has Elvis, and more 2010-08-20T04:00:00Z To backers of BP who were familiar with the discussions and spoke on the condition of anonymity, it seemed an awful lot like a shakedown. BP's fight against energy nonprofit highlights murky world of advocacy-for-hire 2010-08-04T04:00:00Z Hence, no "shakedown"; and let the people use the courts. Michael Tomasky: Exxon Valdez, and still waiting in Alaska 2010-06-21T14:47:00Z Ken Feinberg, the chief of the Independent Claims Facility, dismissed Barton's statement that the fund he will oversee was the result of a shakedown, saying that it doesn't help to politicize the program. Rahm connects GOP to BP apology 2010-06-20T16:54:00Z Barton said the U.S. has "a due process system" to assess such damages, and he decried the $20 billion fund that BP agreed to Wednesday at the White House as a "shakedown" and "slush fund." "I'm not stonewalling" 2010-06-18T13:15:00Z “I think it is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shakedown — in this case a $20 billion shakedown.” Republican Lawmaker, Under Pressure, Backpedals From Apology to BP 2010-06-18T00:50:00Z "It is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shakedown, a $20 billion shakedown," Barton said. Lawmakers lambast BP boss on spill, one apologizes 2010-06-18T00:52:00Z The company got an unexpected voice of sympathy from Joe Barton, a maverick Republican from Texas, who accused Barack Obama of a "shakedown" on a foreign company to secure a multibillion "slush fund". Congress's key accusations against BP 2010-06-17T23:12:00Z The Republican Study Committee -- the influential conservative caucus that the vast majority of Republican congressmen belong to -- put out a release yesterday calling the creation of the fun "Chicago-style shakedown politics." "Misconstrued" Barton got his "shakedown" talking point from a conservative caucus press release 2010-06-17T21:01:00Z He later retracted his apologies to BP, then apologized anew -- this time for calling the fund a "shakedown." "I'm not stonewalling" 2010-06-18T13:15:00Z Mr. Biden told reporters at the White House that “there’s no shakedown.” Republican Lawmaker, Under Pressure, Backpedals From Apology to BP 2010-06-18T00:50:00Z "I do not want to live in a country where every time a corporation does something wrong, it's subject to a political process that amounts to a shakedown." Gulf oil spill: 'I don't recall', says BP chief to Congress 2010-06-17T19:31:00Z "I think it is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shakedown, in this case, a $20 billion shakedown." Joe Barton (R-Oil Industry) apologizes to BP 2010-06-17T17:18:00Z He called it "a tragedy of the first proportion, that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shakedown, a $20 billion shakedown." Some Republicans consider BP deal a U.S. "shakedown" 2010-06-17T16:38:00Z Federal prosecutor Carrie E. Hamilton told jurors that Blagojevich sought to use his power as governor to get benefits through "a series of illegal shakedowns." Rod Blagojevich trial begins in Illinois; Colorado mother charged with murder of son 2010-06-09T04:00:00Z The shakedown, in the eyes of the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, which monitors campaign contributions to lawmakers, is actually the pitches by lawmakers for oil industry donations. Republican Lawmaker, Under Pressure, Backpedals From Apology to BP 2010-06-18T00:50:00Z A federal prosecutor told jurors earlier that Blagojevich sought to use his power as governor to get benefits for himself and his inner circle through ''a series of illegal shakedowns.'' Blagojevich?s Corruption Trial Opens 2010-06-08T22:02:00Z The FTC's move, however, hasn't stopped others from trying the same shakedown. How To Beat Online Shopping Scams 2010-04-09T01:00:00Z Price said BP's willingness to go along with the White House's new fund suggests that the Obama administration is "hard at work exerting its brand of Chicago-style shakedown politics." Some Republicans consider BP deal a U.S. "shakedown" 2010-06-17T16:38:00Z But Senna was more than 12 seconds off the pace in what is effectively a shakedown test for the car. Hamilton second in Bahrain practice 2010-03-12T13:54:00Z The speech was apparently a response to the findings of an independent report, prepared on Kremlin orders, that painted a grim picture of shakedowns by those in power. The Dark Truth Behind Medvedev's Reform Campaign 2010-02-27T02:27:00Z Derbyshire denounced “this whole rickety apparatus of affirmative action, discrimination lawsuits, corporate shakedowns, profiling protests and 'speech codes.'” 2010-02-03T14:04:00Z You're asking for rationed food; for a shakedown, maybe, in a garret. The Guarded Heights After parting from Copley and Foster, he staggered along cheerfully till he came to a roadside public-house, where he obtained a shakedown for the night. Hard Pressed They’ll have left a shakedown of a sort anyhow, and I’ll do a snug snooze; besides, one may chance to stumble upon a bottle of grog stowed away.” A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance There was to be a cruiser waiting at Bremerton for a shakedown cruise. Cue for Quiet Look here, Vansittart," said I gravely, stepping up to him, and laying my hand upon his sleeve, "I can give you a shakedown here. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen Utterly disgusted, he helped that worthy to bed, and then, after a cold supper, for which he had little appetite, he sought his own shakedown couch in the comfortless lumber-room. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley If it was any one else who asked you for a shakedown you wouldn’t turn him out. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland But we're full up, all six beds; there isn't even a corner for a shakedown. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story "Painfully sanitary," said a young lieutenant, who remarked that the tile floor might make a stable smell sweeter but it hardly offered the slumbering possibilities of a straw shakedown. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" Then I'll come down with you and have a shakedown on your sofa. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen I can knock you up a shakedown of some sort. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley |
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