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English noun: greenmail

1. greenmail (act) (corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business


Broader (hypernym)porcupine provision, shark repellent


Domain categorycorp, corporation









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