"hostile takeover" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hostile takeovers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hostile takeover (plural hostile takeovers)
  1. An attempted takeover of a company that is strongly resisted by the target company's management. Categories (topical): Business, Management Translations (buyout that is strongly resisted by the target company's management): 敵意收購 /敌意收购 (díyì shōugòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 惡意收購 /恶意收购 (èyì shōugòu) (Chinese Mandarin), nepřátelské převzetí (Czech), vijandige overname [feminine] (Dutch), vihamielinen valtaus (Finnish), feindliche Übernahme [feminine] (German), 敵対的買収 (tekitaitekibaishū) (Japanese), wrogie przejęcie [neuter] (Polish), aquisição hostil [feminine] (Portuguese), вражде́бное поглоще́ние (vraždébnoje pogloščénije) [neuter] (Russian), недру́жественное поглоще́ние (nedrúžestvennoje pogloščénije) [neuter] (Russian), fientligt övertagande [neuter] (Swedish)

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      "sense": "buyout that is strongly resisted by the target company's management",
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