dawn raid

noun

1. stock exchange an unexpected attempt to acquire a substantial proportion of a company's shares at the start of a day's trading as a preliminary to a takeover bid

Example Sentences

The latest federal investigation into Wiederhorn began around 2021 and involved a dawn raid on his home that December.

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He was arrested in January in a dawn raid at the presidential palace after a tense fortnight where he had resisted being taken in and there were clashes between his security detail and police.

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It didn't feel like the kind of place where you would normally witness a dawn raid by the serious and organised crime unit.

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Locals say that a boy of 14 was among four killed after a dawn raid by Israeli forces resulted in violent confrontations.

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Mr Skvortsov and his wife were arrested in a dramatic special forces dawn raid in November 2022, as helicopters hovered over their home in Nacka near Stockholm.

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