hostile takeover
Definition
A takeover which goes against the wishes of the target company's management and board of directors. opposite of friendly takeover.
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Related terms:
leveraged recapitalization, poison pill, blitzkrieg tender offer, black knight, white knight, asset stripper, sandbag, dawn raid, proxy contest, proxy fight and 
'hostile takeover' appears in the definitions of these other terms on BusinessDictionary.com: private limited company, greenmail, leveraged recapitalization, poison pill, scorched earth policy, and
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