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gazump

ga·zump [ gə zúmp ]


transitive verb  (past and past participle ga·zumped, present participle ga·zump·ing, 3rd person present singular ga·zumps)
Definition:
 
1. reject agreed offer to buy home: to reject a previously agreed offer to buy a property after receiving a better offer from another buyer
We've been gazumped!

2. swindle somebody: to subject somebody to a swindle



noun  (plural ga·zumps)
Definition:
 
act of gazumping: an act of swindling or overcharging somebody

[Early 20th century. Origin ?]

ga·zump·er noun
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