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gazump

Verb

Brit & Austral informal to raise the price of a house after agreeing a price verbally with an intending buyer [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	gazump - rip off; ask an unreasonable price fleece, overcharge, plume, rob, soak, surcharge, hook, pluck extort, gouge, wring, rack, squeeze - obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
	2.	gazump - raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"

Translations

gazump [gəˈzʌmp] vti (BRIT) → echarse atrás en la venta ya acordada de una casa por haber una oferta más alta

gazump [gəˈzʌmp] vi (Brit) → revenir sur une promesse de vente pour accepter un prix plus élevé

gazump [gəˈzʌmp] (Brit) vt to be gazumped → ein mündlich zugesagtes Haus an einen Höherbietenden verlieren

gazump [gəˈzʌmp] vt (BRIT): to gazump sb → nella compravendita di immobili, venire meno all'impegno preso con un acquirente accettando un'offerta migliore fatta da altri