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.

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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