Assume Control of Something, Usually a Company

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Question is: Assume Control of Something, Usually a Company

and the answer is: TAKEOVER

Word Meaning:

TAKEOVER — (economics) The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase.

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