The answer is: "greenmail" .
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" Greenmail is a purchase of a dissident shareholder's stock by the issuer at a premium over market [price], often in exchange for a standstill agreement, whereby the shareholder agrees not to commence a tender offer or proxy contest or to buy additional shares of the issuer for a period of time."_____________________________________________________Source: {text within this very question being asked.}._____________________________________________________
