outrank

Etymology

out- + rank

verb

1. (transitive) To be of a higher rank than.
2. (transitive) To be more important than.
   More importantly, who could make a quick on-site risk assessment of regulations where the welfare of trapped passengers might out-rank the risk of, say, running a train through flood water over the rail head where it is obvious the track is still there? 2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 44