gazump

Plural: gazumps

Verb

Verb Forms: gazumped, gazumping, gazumps

To cheat a buyer by raising the price last minute.
rip off; ask an unreasonable price
raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price
To swindle; to extort.
To raise the selling price of something (especially property) after previously agreeing to a lower one.
To buy a property by bidding more than the price of an existing, accepted offer.
To trump or preempt; to reap the benefit underhandedly from a situation that someone else has worked to create.

Noun

The act of gazumping.
An automobile.
A politician who takes bribes.

Examples

He tried to GAZUMP me out of my winning score by challenging a valid word.

Origin / Etymology

Possibly from Yiddish גזלן (gazlen, “thief, bandit”).

Synonyms

fleece, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge

Antonyms

undercharge

Scrabble Score: 20

gazump: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
gazump: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gazump: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 24

gazump: valid Words With Friends Word