verb
gazump
Gazump (verb) means (informal) To cheat someone out of money, often by extortion.
verb
1
(informal) To cheat someone out of money, often by extortion.
2
(informal) To increase the agreed price of something, usually a house, after the buyer thought it was settled.
3
(informal) To secure a house by offering more money than a bid already accepted from another buyer.
4
To outmanoeuvre or forestall someone, gaining an unfair advantage from a situation that another person has brought about.
"The tactic was to gazump the Labour Party and the FOL by a major restructuring of the tax system."
— Hugh Templeton, All Honourable Men: Inside the Muldoon Cabinet (1995)
"Fianna Fáil lost the 1948 general election to Fine Gael (as Cumann na Gael were now known), who proceeded to gazump the Republican credentials by leaving the British Commonwealth and officially declaring the Free State a republic."
— Fionn Davenport, Ireland (2010)
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Etymology
It possibly comes from Yiddish גזלן (gazlen, “thief, bandit”).
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Frequently asked questions
What is the meaning of gazump?
"gazump" (verb) means (informal) To cheat someone out of money, often by extortion.
What is another word for gazump?
Other words for "gazump" include soak, fleece, hook, plume, overcharge, rob.
What are the different meanings of gazump?
"gazump" has 3 main meanings: 1. (informal) To cheat someone out of money, often by extortion; 2. (informal) To increase the agreed price of something, usually a house, after the buyer thought it was settled; 3. (informal) To secure a house by offering more money than a bid already accepted from another buyer.
