takeover

noun4

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. •
   (UK) The acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.
3. •
   A time or event in which control or authority, especially over a facility is passed from one party to the next.

   • Revollo was absent when Bolivian police and the navy captain arrived at dawn, and the base takeover came off without problems, according to a U.S. narcotics official. — 1991
4. •
   (slang) An event at which teens gather in public and act out; a street takeover.