in preference to

From LSJ

τοῖς οἰκείοις συκοφαντίαν δέδωκεν → has given to his friends an opportunity for chicane, has offered to his friends the right of vindictive prosecution

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Extra)

πρό, πρόσθε, πάρος, ἔμπροσθεν