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vulture investor UK US noun [C] DISAPPROVING FINANCE, STOCK MARKET
► a person or organization that buys shares cheaply in companies that are failing in order to take control, improve their performance, and so make money: »
Bonds of troubled companies can offer profits to so-called vulture investors.
► a person or organization that buys a company’s or country’s debt that has not been paid and takes legal action to get them to pay it: »
Vulture investors are taking advantage of the rise in foreclosures.
Financial and business terms. 2012.