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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What is replicable is a platform, and with the right one, a radical minority movement within a larger party can stage a hostile takeover.
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 18 July 2025
The timing for a hostile takeover of the GOP couldn't be better.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
The courts, where much of the fight against this hostile takeover is happening, may hold.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Now entrenched in a potential 14-billion-euro hostile takeover, BBVA has decided to keep its bid alive despite a recent condition from the Spanish government that the takeover may only proceed if the two banks do not integrate their operations for at least three years.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 2 July 2025
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 18 July 2025
The timing for a hostile takeover of the GOP couldn't be better.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
The courts, where much of the fight against this hostile takeover is happening, may hold.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Now entrenched in a potential 14-billion-euro hostile takeover, BBVA has decided to keep its bid alive despite a recent condition from the Spanish government that the takeover may only proceed if the two banks do not integrate their operations for at least three years.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 2 July 2025
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“Hostile takeover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hostile%20takeover. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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