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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stratagem used to prevent a hostile takeover, by which the target company tries to acquire the bidder.
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Pac-Man, trademark for a video game in which a character gobbles up its opponents.]
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