hostile takeover
noun
: an attempt to buy a company when the people who own the company do not want to sell it
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The hostile takeover of our police force is not going to happen.
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ABC News, 17 Aug. 2025
What is unfolding in the nation’s capital is a hostile takeover of our constitutional republic.
—John Whitehead, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
Frontier proposed a deal in 2022 but was outbid by JetBlue, whose hostile takeover attempt was blocked by a judge.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
What is replicable is a platform, and with the right one, a radical minority movement within a larger party can stage a hostile takeover.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 18 July 2025
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ABC News, 17 Aug. 2025
What is unfolding in the nation’s capital is a hostile takeover of our constitutional republic.
—John Whitehead, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
Frontier proposed a deal in 2022 but was outbid by JetBlue, whose hostile takeover attempt was blocked by a judge.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
What is replicable is a platform, and with the right one, a radical minority movement within a larger party can stage a hostile takeover.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 18 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for hostile takeover
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“Hostile takeover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hostile%20takeover. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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