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corporate raider

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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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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