greenmail

== English == === Etymology === Blend of greenback +‎ blackmail. === Pronunciation === === Noun === greenmail (countable and uncountable, plural greenmails) The profiting from an attempted hostile takeover by forcing the target company to buy back the hostile bidder's shares at an inflated price. ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === greenmail (third-person singular simple present greenmails, present participle greenmailing, simple past and past participle greenmailed) (transitive) To profit from an attempted hostile takeover by forcing the target company to buy back the hostile bidder's shares at an inflated price. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== greenmail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Megrelian, marine leg