💰 Lending at high rates 💰 To lend at high rates 💸 To overcharge

to shylocking

9.9

To charge customers much more than normal for goods or services

verb

Slur

: [término ofensivo para cobrar precios muy altos de forma abusiva]

The mechanic was shylocking customers by charging double the normal rate for repairs.

Examples

Critics say the company is shylocking its clients with hidden fees and surcharges.
They are shylocking customers with outrageous fees.
Some lenders were accused of shylocking desperate families during the crisis.
I can't believe they shylocked him for that service!
The bank was accused of shylocking its clients by charging excessive fees for basic services.
During the economic downturn, some landlords resorted to shylocking their tenants with inflated rent prices.
Many consumers feel that online services are shylocking them with hidden charges and surcharges.

Synonyms

to overcharge

vsto shylocking

24 3.4

To ask someone for more money than a fair price

is a harsher form that exploits with extremely high fees

to fleece

vsto shylocking

Informal

19 8.5

Charge someone too much money

is more extreme and targets customers with exploitative very high fees

to pluck

vsto shylocking

Archaic

3 9.9

To charge someone too much money

is specifically about exploiting with extremely high or unfair fees

to gouge the customer

vsto shylocking

1 8.2

Charge customers much more than is fair

is more extreme and exploits customers with extremely high fees

Antonyms

to discount

38 1.7

To sell something at a lower price than usual

How Exploitative

to shylocking

Slur

9.9

to overcharge

24 3.4

to charge

578 2.0

Surface Forms

shylocking infinitive

shylocked past

shylocked past participle

shylocking present participle

shylocks third person singular

Morphology

shylocking = shylock (transparent) = shylock + ing

Formed regularly from the verb 'shylock' with '-ing' to indicate ongoing action; the exploitative sense is directly predictable from the base verb.

Etymology

Shylocking comes from Shylock, a moneylender in Shakespeare's play 'The Merchant of Venice' who took advantage of people with high charges. So, to shylock someone can mean charging very high prices or fees, and the word is often considered offensive.