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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In corporate news, Spanish lender Sabadell’s board unanimously recommended the bank’s shareholders reject a hostile takeover bid from domestic peer BBVA.
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Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
The merger followed multiple legal disputes between the Bremer trustees and the bank board over a potential hostile takeover through the sale of voting shares.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025
The hostile takeover of our police force is not going to happen.
—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
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Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
The merger followed multiple legal disputes between the Bremer trustees and the bank board over a potential hostile takeover through the sale of voting shares.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025
The hostile takeover of our police force is not going to happen.
—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
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 18 Sep. 2025.
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