When a company, service, or institution is gutted, hollowed out, or otherwise destroyed after being acquired by private equity — usually through layoffs, cost-cutting, asset stripping, innovative accounting practices, or other forms of short-term profit extraction. A more financially precise version of enshitified.
That hospital was private equitied so hard even the IVs have sponsorships.
I give it six months until it’s private equitied.
Yeah, that was before they got private equitied; you should scan the QR code.
I give it six months until it’s private equitied.
Yeah, that was before they got private equitied; you should scan the QR code.
by J BCD October 17, 2025
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Person 1: Hey, what happened to Toys R' Us and Sears? Why are ambulances and homes so expensive in the U.S?
Person 2: Private Equity, man. Bought up all those companies and services so that they could ruin them for a few dollars.
Person 2: Private Equity, man. Bought up all those companies and services so that they could ruin them for a few dollars.
by URBANist_ January 8, 2026
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