greenmail
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greenmail noun
- Profiting 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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greenmail 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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whitemailbear hugflip-intakeover bidshareholder rights planwashingtakeoverscalpingprofitmongeringgrey marketmegabidrepackagingcorporate raidcounterexploitationleveraged buyoutbear raid
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