Dictionary Check: preemption
"preemption" is a valid word!
Scrabble
16
points
Words with Friends
20
points
Definition
noun
the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
noun
the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
noun
the right to purchase something in advance of others
noun
a prior appropriation of something
Example:
"the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"
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