(preoccupies, ~ing, preoccupied)
If something is ~ing you, you are thinking about it a lot.
Crime and the fear of crime ~ the community.
VERB: V n
(preoccupies, ~ing, preoccupied)
If something is ~ing you, you are thinking about it a lot.
Crime and the fear of crime ~ the community.
VERB: V n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012