Definition of "greenmailer" []

• One who greenmails. (noun)

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• "Back in the 1980s Boone was known less as a green player, and more as a "greenmailer," or corporate raider."
• "As for Icahn, who rents a floor at the GM Building and recently shook up the board at Time Warner to boost the value of his investment, "he's a notorious greenmailer," says one real estate veteran."
• "But while Goldsmith profited from some of his failed bids, he was not a greenmailer who made runs at companies simply to scare them into buying out his shares."