hostile takeover

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noun Business.

a takeover that is not approved by the management of the corporation being acquired or that is accomplished through the secret purchase of stock.

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Origin of hostile takeover

First recorded in 1970–75

In this day and age in America, whenever a company is faced with a hostile takeover through a tender offer, they adopt a so-called poison pill.
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By contrast, a gun will allow a pilot to attack hostile forces that are less than 300 feet from friendly ground forces.
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Certainly his clothes support this notion of impending takeover.
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They financed the Republican takeover of the New York State Senate.
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They were alone and unarmed in hostile territory without even having the reassurance of radio communications.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Both had been accused of acts hostile to the North Korean state.
To Free American Prisoners, America’s Top Spy Goes to North Korea|Shane Harris|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He obeyed without remark, though with an unsteady voice, as he uttered communications he knew were so hostile to her expectation.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
We met like hostile bulls, and wonder not that we should plunge at once upon each other's horns!
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
He was a good judge of men, that eagle-faced major; he knew that the slightest move with hostile intent would mean a smoking gun.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Then affairs almost reached the point where the province was in hostile array, one side against another.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
She knew that Alessandro had no knife, and had gone forward with no hostile intent; but she knew nothing beyond that.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson