gazump.
To swindle; to extort.
Meaning & usage
To swindle; to extort.
To raise the selling price of something (especially property) after previously agreeing to a lower one.
To buy a property by bidding more than the price of an existing, accepted offer.
To trump or preempt; to reap the benefit underhandedly from a situation that someone else has worked to create.
Where this word comes from
Possibly from Yiddish גזלן (gazlen, “thief, bandit”).
The act of gazumping.
Where this word comes from
Possibly from Yiddish גזלן (gazlen, “thief, bandit”).
An automobile.
A politician who takes bribes.
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