hostile
adjective
FINANCE uk/ˈhɒstaɪl/ usrelating to a situation in which one company wants to buy another company whose owners do not want to sell it:
The company convinced investors to reject a hostile bid from Enterprise Oil Plc worth £1.59 billion.
Almost a year after it sparked the banking sector's biggest hostile merger, the bank has itself become the subject of takeover speculation.
What started out as a hostile takeover attempt became a friendly agreement.
a hostile acquisition/approach/deal
a hostile acquirer/bidder
go/turn hostile
FINANCE
to force the sale of a company whose owners do not want to sell it:
The chief executive said he was still ready to go hostile for one of the two companies.