Meanings of took pre-emptive in English

So, the Department of Justice took pre-emptive action and ruled that the offending reports would not be published.

But the regime took pre-emptive measures to silence opposition supporters who have managed to exploit previous official holidays to show their defiance.

On Friday Europe's biggest bank, HSBC, took pre-emptive action and announced changes to its future potential executive payouts in response to shareholder concerns.

In Spain, some big firms took pre-emptive steps to thwart ransomware attacks following a warning from the National Cryptology Centre of "a massive ransomware attack."