preemption
/pɹˌiˈɛmpʃən/ · 3 syllables
Meaning
noun
- the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
- the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
- the right to purchase something in advance of others
- a prior appropriation of something
“the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests”
Synonyms for preemption
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