单词	greenmail
释义	greenmail /ˈɡriːnmeɪl / noun [mass noun] Stock Market The practice of buying enough shares in a company to threaten a takeover, forcing the owners to buy them back at a higher price in order to retain control.I was acquiring businesses through leveraged buyouts and greenmail which with more forethought I would have left well alone.... They bought off would-be raiders with greenmail. By the mid-1990s, state legislatures had taken the lead in opposing greenmail through legislation. Derivatives greenmailer noun ... That would eliminate any incentive for greenmailers to acquire stock unless they intended to make a formal takeover bid. Conversely, there's the remote chance of a higher bid if greenmailers try to frustrate the 90 per cent acceptance condition. They were given positions of power within the company and provided enough financial support to make warding off the greenmailers possible. Origin 1980s: blend of green and blackmail.
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