C2 verb #154,317 most common

gazump

UK /ɡəˈzʌmp/ | US /ɡəˈzʌmp/

The act of gazumping.

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  • (noun) The act of gazumping.
  • (verb) To swindle; to extort.
  • (verb) To raise the selling price of something (especially property) after previously agreeing to a lower one.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun The act of gazumping.
  2. 2
    verb To swindle; to extort.
  3. 3
    verb To raise the selling price of something (especially property) after previously agreeing to a lower one.
  4. 4
    verb To buy a property by bidding more than the price of an existing, accepted offer.
  5. 5
    verb To trump or preempt; to reap the benefit underhandedly from a situation that someone else has worked to create.
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