Greenmail
nounid
61622·updated May 18, 2026verified
(corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Greenmails
- possessive
- Greenmail's
- pluralpossessive
- Greenmails'
Framework definitions
- §1
- (corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business
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