Definition of "gazumped" [gazumped]

• Simple past tense and past participle of gazump. (verb)

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• "THE Green Party leadership was accused yesterday of being "gazumped" by Fianna Fail over its failure to deliver a public inquiry into the banking crisis."
• "Under the terms of a complicated and fraught negotiation, Chelsea had to pay £12mof his fee to a gazumped United, who will have felt a great deal less chagrined after Mikel's undistinguished performance here, one of many which have undermined the claims made on his behalf during his teenage years."
• "On the upside, you can't be gazumped at the end of the buying process, like in the U.K."