gazump
/gəˈzʌmp/verb
with obj. Brit. <英>
1
- （一般作 be gazumped）make an offer for a house that is higher than that made by (someone whose offer has already been accepted by the seller) and thus succeed in acquiring the property（房主已接受别人价格后）报出更高价格并购得（房屋）。
2
- archaic swindle (someone)〈古〉欺诈：
I gazumped a friend of mine with complete success last night.
昨晚我成功地骗了我的一位朋友。
派生词
gazumper
noun词源
1920s (in sense 2)： from Yiddish gezumph 'overcharge'. Sense 1 dates from the 1970s.