poison pill
noun
: a financial tactic or provision used by a company to make an unwanted takeover prohibitively expensive or less desirable
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Lewin slipped the poison pill into her mouth, but the assailants choked her and removed the capsule.
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Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
In this Congress, he's led committee approval of partisan funding bills that include antiabortion and anti-gender-affirming care poison pills, as well as funding cuts to health agencies and a reorganization of NIH.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
Fewer than 2% of companies in the S&P 500 have a poison pill in place today.
—Jeff Jacobs, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Then there’s this poison pill at the end that the baby is probably exactly what Leland was saying: the Anti-Christ.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024
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Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
In this Congress, he's led committee approval of partisan funding bills that include antiabortion and anti-gender-affirming care poison pills, as well as funding cuts to health agencies and a reorganization of NIH.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
Fewer than 2% of companies in the S&P 500 have a poison pill in place today.
—Jeff Jacobs, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Then there’s this poison pill at the end that the baby is probably exactly what Leland was saying: the Anti-Christ.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024
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“Poison pill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poison%20pill. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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