preempt

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Back-formation from preemption.

This became a fashion, and it was taken to mean that the space was preempted. — Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror, Trumbull White
That old sourdough had deliberately lain awake and tried to trumpet my second man from the precincts which Whinnie felt he'd already preempted. — The Prairie Mother, Arthur Stringer
Kratz informed Mich'l that Mollon had that morning given up all pretense of constitutional government, had preempted the treasury, and was consolidating his position as avowed dictator. — Astounding Stories, August, 1931, Various

preemptive bid, pre-empt

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