valtaus

== Finnish == === Etymology === vallata +‎ -us === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋɑltɑus/, [ˈʋɑ̝l̪t̪ɑ̝us̠] Rhymes: -ɑltɑus Syllabification(key): val‧ta‧us Hyphenation(key): val‧ta‧us === Noun === valtaus takeover (time or event in which control or authority changes hands, especially unwillingly over a facility) conquest (that which is conquered; possession gained by force) Synonym: valloitus (economics) takeover (purchase of one company by another, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase) vihamielinen valtaus ― hostile takeover (mining) claim, mining claim (claim of the right to extract minerals from a tract of public, or, depending on jurisdiction, private land; the piece of land claimed) Synonym: kaivosvaltaus (law) claiming/assuming the ownership of property, especially movables but historically also land, which has no owner or has been abandoned by its owner (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “valtaus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023