gouger
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- noun
- /ˈɡaʊdʒər/
- Offensive
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especulador
- Retailers that aren't allowed to raise their prices fall victim to hoarders, and hoarders are much worse than price gougers.
- price gouger
He was a gouger, A slumlord.
- He was a gouger, A slumlord.
Examples
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He was a gouger, A slumlord.
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Price gougers!
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This will hurt this price gouger right where it counts, in his pocketbook!
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Right on schedule: Time to go after those awful "price gougers."
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But, as Holman Jenkins writes in the WSJ, maybe we should all hug a price gouger:
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Mr. Christie's office had warned that price gougers would be prosecuted, but drivers were reporting that some stations were charging more than $4 a gallon, even though the state had set gas prices at $3.59 on the highways last week.
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The authorities are investigating several gougers who took advantage of the disaster by charging excessive prices for essential goods.
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Many consumers were angered after discovering that local gougers were selling bottled water for ten times its regular price during the heatwave.
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After the storm passed, the community rallied to identify the gougers who had exploited vulnerable residents with inflated prices.
Synonyms
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3.9
A dishonest person who cheats or steals
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2.6
A person who breaks the rules or lies to get an advantage
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2.6
A person who acts dishonestly to gain an unfair advantage
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6.5
A person who behaves dishonestly and hurts others by lying or stealing
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4.0
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
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6.0
A person who lies to or cheats others, often to have fun
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8.4
A person who takes advantage of others for their own benefit
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A person who tricks others to get their money or things
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5.4
A person who tricks people to take their money
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7.9
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
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7.4
A person who takes money they were trusted with, often from their employer
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9.8
A person who cheats others by lying and taking their money
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A person who gets money by lying to or tricking people
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A person who steals or cheats others to take their money
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A person who steals from others or cheats them
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A person who cheats others to get money or things
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7.8
A person who tricks or cheats people, often as a joke
A person who tricks people to get their money or things
A person who cheats others with tricks or fake deals
A person who tricks others using clever talk to take their money
A person who charges too much for goods or services
A person who takes money unfairly by accepting bribes
A mean, dishonest person who takes more than they should
How Dishonest
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gouger comes from the verb gouge, which means 'to scoop out'. A helpful way to remember the modern sense is to think of someone 'scooping' money from others, so a gouger can be a person who cheats or charges too much.