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asset-stripping

British  

noun

  1. commerce the practice of taking over a failing company at a low price and then selling the assets piecemeal before closing the company down

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  • asset-stripper noun

Example Sentences

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Owners Colin Goldring and Jason Whittingham have been accused of asset-stripping the Warriors, whose men’s team has been in the Premiership since 2015.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2022

He described the plans as an "asset-stripping business plan" that will lead to the break-up of the company.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2022

Mr Browder rightly assumed that he had overstepped the mark in his lambasting of Russian tycoons for corruption and asset-stripping.

From Economist • Jan. 29, 2015

He portrayed himself as a legitimate multi-millionaire businessman when in fact he was a bankrupt who made his living by asset-stripping companies which were in financial difficulty.

From BBC • May 17, 2013

It's all a far cry from Gekko's heyday of asset-stripping.

From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2010