gazump

IPA: gˈæzump

(Britain) To swindle; to extort.
(Britain, Australia, real estate) To raise the selling price of something (especially property) after previously agreeing to a lower one.
(Britain, Australia, real estate) To buy a property by bidding more than the price of an existing, accepted offer.
(Britain, Australia) To trump or preempt; to reap the benefit underhandedly from a situation that someone else has worked to create.

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