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• n  a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
• n  a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation

• A takeover bid from the second-largest foodmaker has confectioners Cadbury acting coy.
• He failed because he underestimated the political opposition to a takeover of VW and ended up saddling Porsche with $13 billion in debt.
• From silent vampires to animated murders, from sharks that won't die to a love story set amid a zombie takeover, more than a century's worth of big-screen scares.

• coup d'etat
• coup
• putsch

News & Articles

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• Takeover bid by Troy Resources Limited for Azimuth Resources Limited - Notice of Change of Interests of Substantial ...
  Takeover bid by Troy Resources Limited for Azimuth Resources Limited - Notice of Change of Interests of Substantial Holder and Institutional Acceptance Facility
  June 12, 2013 - CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance
• CP All Shareholders Approve 189 Billion Baht Siam Makro Takeover
  CP All Pcl (CPALL) shareholders approved the Thai retailer’s 189 billion baht ($6.1 billion) acquisition of Siam Makro Pcl (MAKRO) , the country’s biggest ever takeover.
  June 12, 2013 - Bloomberg
• Dish Says April Takeover Bid for Sprint Was ‘Formal Proposal’
  Dish Network Corp. (DISH) , facing pressure to shore up its takeover bid for Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) after making a $25.5 billion unsolicited offer in April, said its existing bid is already a “formal proposal.”
  June 10, 2013 - Bloomberg

Quotes

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• Neelie Kroes in PC Advisor
  As if shoving a trillion-dollar government takeover of healthcare down the throat of a disapproving American public wasn't enough, apparently the Obama administration intends to arrogantly circumvent the American people yet again by... Mitch McConnell http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEZA1ca3PJ7nNpSJFQIuI8CQ4eMWw Los Angeles Times http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-recess-appointment-20100707,0,7588388.story&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHQsqwgnhJjKcbsQYXi1UmLeX8USQ Jul 6, 2010 97929 129889 takeover Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said the Commission's job in the extended investigation is to ensure that customers would not face reduced choice or higher prices as a result of this takeover".
• Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in International Herald Tribune
  We believe democracy alone can save Pakistan from disintegration and a militant takeover,Bhutto told reporters in her Karachi home a day after her return from eight years in exile.