Definisi : kebanyakan drpd tanah baik yg subur itu telah diberikan hak terdahulu; 3. acquire or appropriate before others, menduduki terlebih dahulu: they had already ~ed the best positions by the time we arrived, mereka telah menduduki terlebih dahulu kawasan yg terbaik sebelum kami sampai. (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)
Definisi : vt 1. forestall, frustrate, menggagalkan, menghalang, membantutkan: police ~ed the mass demonstration by detaining the leaders, pihak polis membantutkan tunjuk perasaan besar-besaran itu dgn cara menahan pemimpin-pemimpinnya; 2. (US) obtain(public land) by pre-emption, memberi hak terdahulu: much of the good arable land had already been ~ed, (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)