grey knight

noun

1. informal.
   an ambiguous intervener in a takeover battle, who makes a counterbid for the shares of the target company without having made his intentions clear Compare black knight white knight

Example Sentences

Related: The grey knight: Burt Ward and Adam West announce animated Batman film This is perhaps the defining achievement of the Arkham trilogy.

From The Guardian

"I have seen it myself, Richard," said Sir John Grey; "the superscription is clear and distinct--'To Sir Thomas Grey, Knight,'--and not one word is mentioned therein of anything like ransom."

From Project Gutenberg

That the thanks of this House be given to Sir Charles Grey, Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, for his late able, gallant, and meritorious conduct in the West Indies.

From Project Gutenberg

In the latter end of the year 1793, his Majesty having determined to send a formidable armament to the West Indies, to reduce the French islands in that quarter, and to secure his own from any attack of the enemy, Lieutenant General Sir Charles Grey, Knight of the Bath, was promoted to the rank of General in America, and Commander in Chief in the West Indies.

From Project Gutenberg

"Ordered, nemine dissentiente, by the Lords spiritual and temporal, in parliament assembled, That the thanks of this House be given to Sir Charles Grey, Knight of the most honourable order of the Bath, for his late able, gallant, and meritorious conduct in the West Indies."

From Project Gutenberg