BEOLINGUS
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Pleitegeier {m} [übtr.] threat of bankruptcy; spectre/specter [Am.] of bankruptcy

Über jdm./etw. schwebt der Pleitegeier. The vultures are hovering above sb./sth.

Über der Firma schwebt/kreist der Pleitegeier The threat of bankruptcy was hovering over the firm.