valtaus

vallata +‎ -us

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑltɑus/, [ˈʋɑ̝l̪t̪ɑ̝us̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑltɑus
• Syllabification^(key): val‧ta‧us
• Hyphenation^(key): val‧ta‧us

valtaus

1. takeover (time or event in which control or authority changes hands, especially unwillingly over a facility)

   Tukikohdan valtaus sujui ongelmitta.

   The base takeover came off without problems.

2. conquest (that which is conquered; possession gained by force)

   Synonym: valloitus

3. (economics) takeover (purchase of one company by another, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase)

   vihamielinen valtaus ― hostile takeover

4. (mining) claim, mining claim (claim of the right to extract minerals from a tract of public, or, depending on jurisdiction, private land; the piece of land claimed)

   Synonym: kaivosvaltaus

5. (law) claiming/assuming the ownership of property, especially movables but historically also land, which has no owner or has been abandoned by its owner (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

• “valtaus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023