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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From the time of former Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott’s hostile takeover attempt in 2010 through the tenuous 10-team era that same decade to the SEC raid, people spent 12 years predicting that league’s demise.
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Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
This was not a hostile takeover.
—Big Think, 2 Mar. 2026
Rather than trying to please the host, the guest planned a hostile takeover.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
And at one point, the bidding war involved a hostile takeover threat.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
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Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
This was not a hostile takeover.
—Big Think, 2 Mar. 2026
Rather than trying to please the host, the guest planned a hostile takeover.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
And at one point, the bidding war involved a hostile takeover threat.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
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 23 Mar. 2026.
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