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gazump — gazumper, n. /geuh zump /, Brit. Slang. v.t. 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. n. 2. an act of gazumping. [1925 30; earlier gazoomph to swindle, argot … Universalium
gazump — vb British to cheat (in a house purchase) by rais ing the price at the last moment, after agreement has been reached but before contracts have been formalised. An old expression from the language of swin dlers, revived to denote a practice which… … Contemporary slang
