Definition of "gazump" in Englisch

verb

1. (British) To swindle; to extort.

2. (British, Australia, real estate) To raise the selling price of something (especially property) after previously agreeing to a lower one.

3. (British, Australia, real estate) To buy a property by bidding more than the price of an existing, accepted offer.

4. (British, Australia) To trump or preempt; to reap the benefit underhandedly from a situation that someone else has worked to create.

noun

1. (British, Australia, real estate) The act of gazumping.

noun

1. (US, slang, dated) An automobile.

2. A politician who takes bribes.