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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the target company defends itself by acquiring a company so onerously regulated that it makes the target less attractive;
- Example: "the acquisition gave the company a safe harbor"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

safe harbor
    n 1: 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"