to pluck

Examples

• All

• We also need to acknowledge that Google plucked the low-hanging fruit.

  Blog text (29)

• For one, these pollster-supplied numbers seem plucked from thin air and are seldom connected to actual policymaking.

  Academic text (2002)

• Mooser's consideration of American Jews as just chickens for you to pluck has not escaped me.

  Blog text (34)

• The restaurant owner tried to pluck us by charging double for our meals.

• When we bought tickets for the concert, we realized they were trying to pluck customers with such high prices.

Synonyms

R

to rip off

vsto pluck

• Informal

76 6.5

To cheat someone by charging too much money or selling fake goods

focuses on overcharging with high prices rather than broader deception

R

to rob

vsto pluck

• Informal

73 6.4

To charge someone a much higher price than usual

is a general term used in more formal and neutral contexts

O

to overcharge

vsto pluck

18 3.4

To ask someone for more money than a fair price

adds a stronger sense of swindling and especially very unreasonably high prices

F

to fleece

vsto pluck

• Informal

14 8.5

Charge someone too much money

implies overcharging but is less emotional than extreme swindling

S

to soak

vsto pluck

• Informal

8 8.7

Charge someone much more than a fair price

focuses on unfair dishonest charging rather than neutral overpricing

H

to hook

vsto pluck

• Informal

7 8.1

To charge someone too much money for something

is the neutral more general term used in formal and neutral contexts

O

to overbill

vsto pluck

2 6.1

Charge someone more money than they should pay for goods or services

is the broader term covering overcharging generally rather than only billing errors

G

to gouge the customer

vsto pluck

1 8.2

Charge customers much more than is fair

is about overcharging without the explicit exploitative customer targeting

G

to gouge on

vsto pluck

9.1

Charge someone an unfairly high price

is overcharging but without implying the most extreme violent price hikes

S

to surcharge

vsto pluck

6.0

Add an extra fee to a price, often for a special service

refers to overcharging by asking high base prices not only adding fees

Antonyms

U

to undercharge

1 3.9

To charge someone less than the correct price for goods or services

Phrasal Verbs

P

to pluck at

3 6.1

To pull lightly and repeatedly at something with your fingers

P

to pluck the string

1 3.9

Gently pull and release a string on an instrument like a guitar or harp to make a sound

How Unfair

to scam

• NSFW

20 3.9

to rip off

• Informal

76 6.5

to pluck

• Archaic

14 9.9

to overcharge

18 3.4

Surface Forms

Etymology