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verb (used with object)
1.
to cheat (a house buyer) by raising the price, at the time a contract is to be signed, over the amount originally agreed upon.
noun
2.
an act of gazumping.
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Origin:
1925–30; earlier gazoomph to swindle, argot word of uncertain origin
1925–30; earlier gazoomph to swindle, argot word of uncertain origin
Related forms
ga·zump·er, noun
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