greenmailed

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A form of greenmail — The profiting 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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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of greenmail

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APA

greenmailed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greenmailed

MLA

“greenmailed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greenmailed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “greenmailed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greenmailed.

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