View example sentences, synonyms and word forms for Gazump.
Gazump meaning
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.
Example sentences (2)
Brian Roberts, Comcast’s chief executive and son of its founder, is seeking to gazump Fox as the Murdoch family’s deal with Disney threatens to shift the balance of power in the media industry.
Comcast is weighing whether to attempt to gazump that bid too.