gazump

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

The act of gazumping.

Noun

1. (slang) An automobile.
2. A politician who takes bribes.

Synonyms

fleece

hook

🪝

overcharge

pluck

plume

rob

soak

surcharge

Hyphenated as

ga‧zump

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡəˈzʌmp/

Etymology

Possibly from Yiddish גזלן (gazlen, “thief, bandit”).