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noun

Profiting from an attempted hostile takeover by forcing the target company to buy back the hostile bidder's shares at an inflated price.

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.

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Synonyms

whitemail bear hug flip-in takeover bid shareholder rights plan washing takeover scalping profitmongering grey market megabid repackaging corporate raid counterexploitation leveraged buyout bear raid

Associated

raider investor payment stock shares corporate existing management company

Rhymes

wail gale avail frail assail travail prevail entail stale unveil

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