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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The suspect conducted a hostile takeover of a 2011 White Ford F550 utility bucket truck on the corner of Spring and Temple streets at 5:40 a.m. while two deputies were in the vehicle, according to a department bulletin.
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
But this is not a hostile takeover, as some have characterized it.
—Ian Bremmer, Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2025
This hostile takeover of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) defied the organization’s independent status and location in a private – not federal – office building.
—Angela Lederach, Oc Register, 8 May 2025
No wonder then that academics view these recent developments as an attempt by the Trump administration to execute a hostile takeover of higher education.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
But this is not a hostile takeover, as some have characterized it.
—Ian Bremmer, Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2025
This hostile takeover of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) defied the organization’s independent status and location in a private – not federal – office building.
—Angela Lederach, Oc Register, 8 May 2025
No wonder then that academics view these recent developments as an attempt by the Trump administration to execute a hostile takeover of higher education.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Hostile takeover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hostile%20takeover. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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