vulture fundnoun [ C ]
ukusdisapproving FINANCE, STOCK MARKETan investment fund that buys shares cheaply in companies that are failing in order to take control, improve their performance, and so make money:
The vulture funds are looking for quick exits after short-term gains.
an investment fund that buys a poor country's debt and then takes legal action to get the country to pay it:
Vulture funds are threatening the economies of some of the world's poorest countries.