Preempt

Verb

 * 1)  to appropriate something (before someone else does)
 * 2)  to displace something, or take precedence over something
 * 3)  to make a preemptive bid at bridge

Thesaurus
accroach, adopt, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, colonize, commandeer, confiscate, conquer, enslave, expropriate, hog, indent, jump a claim, make free with, make use of, monopolize, occupy, overrun, preoccupy, prepossess, requisition, seize, sequester, sit on, squat on, subjugate, take, take all of, take it all, take over, take possession of, take up, usurp

Alternative forms

 * pre-empt
 * preëmpt

Derived terms

 * preemptive
 * preemptor
 * preemptory

Anagrams

 * perempt