takeover

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase.
2. 2
   The acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.
3. 3
   A time or event in which control or authority, especially over a facility is passed from one party to the next.

Verb

1. 1
   Misspelling of take over.