interlocking directorates
Britishplural noun
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At issue is the idea of interlocking directorates, where people simultaneously serve on the boards of ostensible competitors.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
Under the Clayton Act, interlocking directorates are not considered a cause for concern if the revenue from products in which the companies compete is less than 2 percent of either company’s sales.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2010
All were tangled up in holding companies, affiliates and interlocking directorates.
From Time Magazine Archive
By war's end they were bossing a sprawling network of 16 tangled corporations with interchangeable resources and interlocking directorates.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Illinois Central, which connected the lower South with Chicago, was affiliated by means of interlocking directorates with the New York Central before 1856.
From Expansion and Conflict by Dodd, William E.
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