stalking-horse


Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Financial, Wikipedia.

stalking-horse

1. a horse or an imitation one used by a hunter to hide behind while stalking his quarry
2. a candidate put forward by one group to divide the opposition or mask the candidacy of another person for whom the stalking-horse would then withdraw
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
In December, Seneca emerged as the "stalking-horse" bidder in the auction, pledging to bid $148 million to acquire "substantially all the operating assets" of Aliens.
Aliens auction ends with bid of $160M
17 December 2013 - US canned fruits and vegetables processing firm Seneca Foods Corp (NASDAQ:SENEB) on Tuesday said it had inked a deal to buy domestic Allens Inc for USD148m (EUR170.6m) plus liabilities, which is planned to serve as the stalking-horse bid for the auction of the bankrupt sector player.
Seneca Foods agrees to buy Allens
JS used that escape hatch last week, missing the deadline to lock in its stalking-horse bid.
VFX firm Rhythm & Hues sings blues sans studio aid
On July 14, Glenn approved a procedure to auction Borders' assets that made a group of liquidators, rather than Najafi's BB Brands, the so-called stalking-horse bidder.
Najafi not interested in bidding for Borders

Encyclopedia browser ?
Full browser ?