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hostile takeover

noun

, Business.

a takeover that is not approved by the management of the corporation being acquired or that is accomplished through the secret purchase of stock.

First recorded in 1970–75

In this day and age in America, whenever a company is faced with a hostile takeover through a tender offer, they adopt a so-called poison pill.

From Time

He was an alleged extortion victim of Bulger, who had engaged in a hostile takeover of a liquor store that Rakes once owned.

So it goes with the attempted hostile takeover of FreedomWorks by three Republican insiders from the old guard.

And if boardroom fashion can be a game of strategic intimidation, then these clothes are akin to a hostile takeover.

We are not going to effect a hostile takeover of my friends.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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