overvaller

Definitions of overvaller
  1. noun
    a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management
    synonyms: raider
  2. noun
    someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
    synonyms: boekanier, raider, rover
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    types:
    boekanier, kaper, piraat, vrijbuiter, zeerover, zeeschuimer
    someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
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