greenmail
Noun

greenmail

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

greenmail (greenmails, present participle greenmailing; past and past participle greenmailed)

  1. 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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