hostile takeover
noun
: an attempt to buy a company when the people who own the company do not want to sell it
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When Trump committed his hostile takeover of the Republican Party in 2016, the atmosphere at the GOP convention that year was tense.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
McMahon staged a hostile takeover in January 2023, using extra voting power granted to him as a McMahon family member to push himself back into the company.
—David Bixenspan, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
Sounds like something Logan Roy would say to his ineffectual sons in the middle of a hostile takeover.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2024
The lender is the subject of a hostile takeover bid from larger Spanish bank, BBVA.
—Sam Meredith,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
McMahon staged a hostile takeover in January 2023, using extra voting power granted to him as a McMahon family member to push himself back into the company.
—David Bixenspan, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
Sounds like something Logan Roy would say to his ineffectual sons in the middle of a hostile takeover.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2024
The lender is the subject of a hostile takeover bid from larger Spanish bank, BBVA.
—Sam Meredith,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Hostile takeover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hostile%20takeover. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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