Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) precaution, safeguard, guard (a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.) "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down"
S: (n) backstop (a precaution in case of an emergency) "he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong"
S: (n) security, security measures (measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.) "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising"
S: (n) measure, step (any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal) "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime"
S: (n) golden parachute (giving top executives lucrative benefits that must be paid by the acquirer if they are discharged after a takeover)
S: (n) greenmail ((corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business)
S: (n) pac-man strategy (the target company defends itself by threatening to take over its acquirer)
S: (n) poison pill (the target company defends itself by making its stock less attractive to an acquirer)
S: (n) suicide pill (a poison pill with potentially catastrophic implications for the company it is intended to protect)
S: (n) safe harbor (the target company defends itself by acquiring a company so onerously regulated that it makes the target less attractive) "the acquisition gave the company a safe harbor"
S: (n) precaution, safeguard, guard (a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.) "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down"
S: (n) backstop (a precaution in case of an emergency) "he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong"
S: (n) security, security measures (measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.) "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising"