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poison pill
[poi-zuhn pil]
noun
Also called suicide pill.a pellet or capsule of a quick-acting poison, as cyanide, for a spy to ingest when faced with capture or torture.
Financial Slang.any of various business devices created to prevent a company from being taken over by another, as issuing a new class of stock or stock warrants that would become costly to the buyer in the event of a takeover.
poison pill
noun
finance a tactic used by a company fearing an unwelcome takeover bid, in which the value of the company is automatically reduced, as by the sale of an issue of shares having an option unfavourable to the bidders, if the bid is successful
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of poison pill1
Example Sentences
"He promised to secure our borders and unleash American energy dominance, and the One Big Beautiful Bill delivers. The AI regulation moratorium is a poison pill and has no place in this legislation."
Michael McFaul, a former US ambassador to Moscow, calls this a "poison pill" introduced by Russia: Creating conditions Kyiv could never agree to in order to shift blame onto Ukraine in Trump's eyes.
But he concocted a nutty “poison pill” that would have automatically killed the Democrats’ own anti-crime legislation if Proposition 36 was approved by voters.
Another reason for Democrats inserting the poison pill is that it would give fellow Democratic Atty.
But some in the party cynically intend to insert a “poison pill.”
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