BEAR HUG

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A bear hug is a term often used in risk arbitrage. It is an hostile takeover attempt in which the acquirer offers an exceptionally large premium over the market value of the acquiree's shares so as to squeeze or hug the target into acceptance.

Explaining further, it is an offer made by a company to buy the shares of  a company or the shares of a high net worth shareholder(s) for a much higher price per share than what the company is worth in the market.
It is usually made when there is doubt that the target company's or shareholders are willing to sell.

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