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Definition of greenmail:

(n) : The profiting from an attempted hostile takeover by forcing the target company to buy back the hostile bidder's shares at an inflated price.
(v) : (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.

Definition of greenmail:

(n) : The profiting from an attempted hostile takeover by forcing the target company to buy back the hostile bidder's shares at an inflated price.
(v) : (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.

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