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takeover
takeover /ˈteɪkˌəʊvə $ -ˌoʊvər/ noun [countable]
1. when one company takes control of another by buying more than half its shares:
    Thornbury has announced a takeover bid of a regional TV company.
    He prevented a hostile takeover (=when the takeover is not wanted by the company being bought) of the company.
2. an act of getting control of a country or political organization, using force:
    a communist takeover