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noun
The profiting from an attempted hostile takeover by forcing the target company to buy back the hostile bidder's shares at an inflated price.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To profit from an attempted hostile takeover by forcing the target company to buy back the hostile bidder's shares at an inflated price.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
(corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shark repellent, porcupine provision
History
Blend of greenback + blackmail.
