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English Dictionary: preemption by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
preemption
n
  1. the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
    Synonym(s): preemption, pre-emption
  2. the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
    Synonym(s): preemption, pre-emption
  3. the right to purchase something in advance of others
    Synonym(s): preemption, pre-emption
  4. a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"
    Synonym(s): preemption, pre- emption
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