Definitions For Preemption
noun
- A prior appropriation of something
- The right to purchase something in advance of others
- The right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
- The judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
Is Preemption a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
20
The word Preemption is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Preemption in a Sentence
- Longtime residents resented the preemption of their urban neighborhood by this influx of affluent yuppies