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gazumped

The correct spelling is gazumped.

How to pronounce gazumped

verb

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The correct spelling is gazumped. To swindle; to extort.

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Definition

verb

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

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