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flayer

flayer

9.9
A person who charges too much for goods or services
  • noun
  • /ˈfleɪər/
  • Offensive
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  • The mechanic was known as a flayer because he always charged much more than necessary for repairs.

Examples

  • After being overcharged for dinner, they realized the restaurant owner was a notorious flayer.

  • Tourists warned each other about the flayer who ran the souvenir shop near the station.

  • The mechanic is a real flayer when it comes to charging for repairs.

  • I can't believe how much that restaurant charges; they are such flayers!

  • Tourists warned each other about the flayer who ran the souvenir shop near the station.

  • After being overcharged for dinner, they realized the restaurant owner was a notorious flayer.

  • The mechanic was known as a flayer because he always charged much more than necessary for repairs.

Synonyms

cheater
vsflayer
  • Offensive
112 2.6

A person who breaks the rules or lies to get an advantage

is specific to taking excessive payment rather than general dishonesty
loan shark
vsflayer
21 4.8

A person who gives people money and charges very high illegal fees

focuses on overcharging payment rather than illegal lending practices
scammer
vsflayer
  • NSFW
20 4.0

A person who tricks others to take their money or things

is about demanding excessive payment rather than trick-based theft
grifter
vsflayer
  • Slang
16 9.1

A person who tricks others to get their money or things

focuses on overcharging rather than running confidence schemes
swindler
vsflayer
15 5.4

A person who tricks people to take their money

is narrower, stressing excessive payment rather than general fraud
scalper
vsflayer
  • US
13 7.0

A person who buys tickets or goods to sell them for much higher prices

is centered on getting excessive payment rather than reselling tactics
moneylender
vsflayer
3 6.1

A person or company that gives money and charges very high interest

is about overcharging for goods or services rather than loan terms
gouger
vsflayer
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who cheats people to get money

focuses on charging excessively rather than general trickery
defrauder
vsflayer
  • Formal
1 7.9

A person who gets money by lying to or tricking people

focuses more on taking high payments than on formal fraud
rooker
vsflayer
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who cheats others to get money or things

means the same but emphasizes taking excessive payment in modern use
clip artist
vsflayer
  • Offensive
9.6

A person who cheats or overcharges people to get money

focuses on taking excessive payment rather than other cheating methods
flimflammer
vsflayer
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who cheats others with tricks or fake deals

is more about demanding excessive payment than general scamming
cozener
vsflayer
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who tricks people to get their money or things

stresses taking excessive payment rather than broad fraudulent acts
finagler
vsflayer
  • Offensive
9.8

A person who gets things by tricking or lying to others

focuses on overt overcharging rather than clever dishonest tactics

How Exploitative

extortionist
10 8.6
flayer
  • Offensive
9.9
cheat
  • Offensive
55 2.6
cheapjack
  • Offensive
9.3

Surface Forms

flayer singular
flayers plural

Morphology

flayer = flay (semi-transparent) = flay + er

Formed from 'flay' + '-er' but the financial sense is a figurative extension ('to strip someone' financially), so the derivation is metaphorical rather than strictly literal.

Etymology

Flayer comes from the verb flay, 'to strip the skin', and a helpful way to remember this use is to imagine someone 'skinning' people for money. That's why a flayer can mean a person who cheats or charges far too much.