The word is actually "greenmail"
Like blackmail, greenmail is money that is paid to an entity to make it stop an aggressive behavior.
In mergers and acquisitions, it is an anti-takeover measure where the target company pays a premium, known as greenmail, to purchase its own stock shares back (at inflated prices) from a corporate raider.
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