takeover.

The acquisition or seizure of control over an organization or activity.

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Words that belong together

• hostile takeover
• company takeover

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The hostile takeover replaced the board within weeks.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular takeover; plural takeovers. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, business. Commonness: moderately common.