asset-stripping
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- asset-stripper noun
Example Sentences
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Owners Colin Goldring and Jason Whittingham have been accused of asset-stripping the Warriors, whose men’s team has been in the Premiership since 2015.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2022
He described the plans as an "asset-stripping business plan" that will lead to the break-up of the company.
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2022
Mr Browder rightly assumed that he had overstepped the mark in his lambasting of Russian tycoons for corruption and asset-stripping.
From Economist • Jan. 29, 2015
He portrayed himself as a legitimate multi-millionaire businessman when in fact he was a bankrupt who made his living by asset-stripping companies which were in financial difficulty.
From BBC • May 17, 2013
That's because they – not their wives or daughters – were the ones most likely to be in possession of the kind of fortune that might tempt relatives into a sudden bout of legalised asset-stripping.
From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2012
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