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GAZUMP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "gazump" is one way to...):

cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Rip off; ask an unreasonable price

Synonyms:

fleece; gazump; hook; overcharge; pluck; plume; rob; soak; surcharge

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "gazump" is one way to...):

cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)

"Gazump" entails doing...:

bill; charge (demand payment)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gazump"):

extort; gouge; rack; squeeze; wring (obtain by coercion or intimidation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

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