The Collaborative International Dictionary
hostile takeover \hostile takeover\ n. (Finance) the purchase of a controlling interest in a publicly-traded company against the wishes of the current management.
Note: A person who is the main principal in performing such a buyout is called a corporate raider.
Syn: hostile buyout.
takeover \take"o*ver\ n. (Business, Finance) The acquisition of ownership of one company by another company, usually by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock or by exchanging stock of the purchasing company for that of the purchased company. It is a hostile takeover if the management of the company being taken over is opposed to the deal. A hostile takeover is sometimes organized by a corporate raider.
Syn: acquisition, buyout
Wiktionary
n. An attempted takeover of a company that is strongly resisted by the target company's management.
WordNet
n. a takeover that is resisted by the management of the target company
Wikipedia
Hostile Takeover is the fifth and final album by the RBL Posse. It was released on May 8, 2001 for Right Way Records and was produced by G-Man Stan. This was the groups final album as in 2003, Hitman was shot and killed, leaving Black C as the only surviving member of the trio.
"Hostile Takeover" is the eighth episode in the first season of the CBS television series Supergirl, which aired on December 13, 2015. It was written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Caitlin Parrish, and directed by Karen Gaviola. The episode centers on Kara's feelings about her Aunt Astra and her true intentions, while an e-mail scandal threatens Cat Grant's future at CatCo.
Usage examples of "hostile takeover".
Then as she turned away from them, she noticed a headline on the newspaper screen placed over the bar, and read the sentences scrolling right to left after it: the World Court had suspended operations in order to move from the Hague to Bern, and Consolidated had seized the opportunity of the break to attempt a hostile takeover of Praxis holdings in Kashmir, which in effect meant starting a large coup or small war against the government of Kashmir, from Consolidated's base in Pakistan.
Then as she turned away from them, she noticed a headline on the newspaper screen placed over the bar, and read the sentences scrolling right to left after it: the World Court had suspended operations in order to move from the Hague to Bern, and Consolidated had seized the opportunity of the break to attempt a hostile takeover of Praxis holdings in Kashmir, which in effect meant starting a large coup or small war against the government of Kashmir, from Consolidated’.
If Yamagata wants us, it's going to be a hostile takeover, and we intend to fight it every inch of the way.
It was a little bit different before the recent hostile takeover by this Marston St.