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noun
The act of gazumping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, UK
Topics: business, real-estate
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noun
An automobile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dated, slang
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noun
A politician who takes bribes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To swindle; to extort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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verb
To raise the selling price of something (especially property) after previously agreeing to a lower one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, UK
Topics: business, real-estate
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verb
To buy a property by bidding more than the price of an existing, accepted offer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, UK
Topics: business, real-estate
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verb
To trump or preempt; to reap the benefit underhandedly from a situation that someone else has worked to create.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, UK
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verb
raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cheat, rip off, chisel
verb
rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: overcharge, soak, surcharge, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cheat, rip off, chisel
Narrower terms: extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
History
Possibly from Yiddish גזלן (gazlen, “thief, bandit”).
