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Takeover   /tˈeɪkˌoʊvər/   Listen
Takeover

noun
1.
A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force.  Synonyms: coup, coup d'etat, putsch.
2.
A change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation.



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"Takeover" Quotes from Famous Books



... Overview: Since Castro's takeover of Cuba in 1959, the economy has been run in the Soviet style of government ownership of substantially all the means of production and government planning of all but the smallest details of economic activity. Thus, Cuba, like the former Warsaw Pact nations, has remained ...
— The 1993 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... shortcoming is the assumption of the inevitability of reprisals and the capacity to take punitive action. That is not and may not always be the case with the United States, although we can attempt to make others believe it will be. The takeover of the Embassy in Tehran by dissident "students" in 1979 and American impotence in the aftermath are suggestive of the shortcoming. That aside, the example or perception of the invincibility of American military power is not a bad ...
— Shock and Awe - Achieving Rapid Dominance • Harlan K. Ullman and James P. Wade


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