poison pill
noun
: a financial tactic or provision used by a company to make an unwanted takeover prohibitively expensive or less desirable
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Money in politics has been a poison pill for the democracy in our city.
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Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
But the measure, paired with what Democrats see as a poison pill on noncitizen voting, faces headwinds in the lower chamber.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2024
That was introduced as a poison pill very late to the game.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
The non-citizen voting measure, known as the SAVE Act, is a partisan poison pill that does not belong in a bill to keep the government funded.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
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Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
But the measure, paired with what Democrats see as a poison pill on noncitizen voting, faces headwinds in the lower chamber.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2024
That was introduced as a poison pill very late to the game.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
The non-citizen voting measure, known as the SAVE Act, is a partisan poison pill that does not belong in a bill to keep the government funded.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for poison pill
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“Poison pill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poison%20pill. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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