Pac-Man defense

[pak-man]

Pac-Man defense

[pak-man]
noun
a defensive tactic against a hostile takeover in which the targeted company makes its own bid to take over the hostile firm.

Origin:
1980–85; after Pac-Man, a character in a video game that devours its attackers
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