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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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.
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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
The agreement prepares to close the books on the Redstone family’s 37-year tenure at the company formerly known as Viacom, beginning with Sumner Redstone’s hostile takeover in 1987.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
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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
The agreement prepares to close the books on the Redstone family’s 37-year tenure at the company formerly known as Viacom, beginning with Sumner Redstone’s hostile takeover in 1987.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
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“Hostile takeover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hostile%20takeover. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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