corporate raider

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noun

a person who seizes control of a company, as by secretly buying stock and gathering proxies.

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Origin of corporate raider

First recorded in 1985–90

Words nearby corporate raider

corporate governance, corporate image, corporate ladder, corporate manslaughter, corporate park, corporate raider, corporate restructuring, corporate venturing, corporate village, corporate welfare, corporation

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How to use corporate raider in a sentence

Nevertheless, Rennert, who made his fortune as a corporate raider in the ’80s and ’90s, got a $2,400 check from the government.
These Billionaires Received Taxpayer-Funded Stimulus Checks During the Pandemic|by Paul Kiel, Jesse Eisinger and Jeff Ernsthausen|November 3, 2021|ProPublica
It just goes to show you how much corporate America only thinks about the business side of it.
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange|Marlow Stern|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The State Innovation Exchange, a Democratic group, has been set up to combat corporate-led right-wing organizations.
The Left’s Answer to ALEC|Ben Jacobs|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Full disclosure: The event was held at the headquarters of IAC, the corporate parent of The Daily Beast.
Joe Biden: ‘I’ll Kill Your Son’|Olivia Nuzzi|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Ultimately, disclosure laws are an essential tool for promoting transparent supply chains and corporate accountability.
Aaron Rodgers Takes Aim at Congo’s ‘Blood Minerals’ War|John Prendergast|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He became as polarizing a figure as the war itself, court jester to Nixon and corporate shill to boot.
When Your Comic Hero Is an Alleged Rapist|Doug McIntyre|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Primarily the corporation should proceed against the directors, for the wrong is a corporate one.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
In many states a corporation need not use its corporate seal, any other may be substituted.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
However arbitrary, there are certain policies that regulate all well organized institutions and corporate bodies.
The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States|Martin R. Delany
Sir Robert founded his amendment on what had been the usual practice in enactments regarding corporate towns.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
Government had never intended to preclude itself from inquiring to what towns corporate powers should be extended.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan

British Dictionary definitions for corporate raider

corporate raider

noun

finance a person or organization that acquires a substantial holding of the shares of a company in order to take it over or to force its management to act in a desired way

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