Greenmail

Noun

Definitions

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

2.VerbTo 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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