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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a hostile takeover" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of business to describe an acquisition of a company against the wishes of its management.
Example: "The board of directors was alarmed when they learned that a rival firm was planning a hostile takeover."
Alternatives: "an aggressive acquisition" or "a coercive takeover."
Idiom
Hostile takeover.
If a company is bought out when it does not want to be, it is known as a hostile takeover.
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This is a hostile takeover with little rationale, and even less hostility.
A HOSTILE takeover in France?
Others saw in it a hostile takeover.
McCourt called that a hostile takeover.
"This island is enduring a hostile takeover," she said.
"You can't do a hostile takeover," he said.
East favorite, but the Jets may engineer a hostile takeover.
They should look at it like it's a hostile takeover.
"It is like a hostile takeover," he said.
This week Yahoo rejected a hostile takeover bid from Microsoft.
It was bloodless, but it was a hostile takeover nonetheless.
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