price gouging
noun
: charging customers too much money
The company has been accused of price gouging.
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The order directs the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to police price gouging while FoodShare benefits are depleted.
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Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Our price gouging laws were written so that corporations cannot take advantage of an entire community when a disaster strikes a whole community.
—Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
Harris never mentions an anti-price gouging proposal that got pummeled by some liberal economists.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2025
The steep rise for India-Pakistan matches has led critics to label it as price gouging.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Our price gouging laws were written so that corporations cannot take advantage of an entire community when a disaster strikes a whole community.
—Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
Harris never mentions an anti-price gouging proposal that got pummeled by some liberal economists.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2025
The steep rise for India-Pakistan matches has led critics to label it as price gouging.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for price gouging
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“Price gouging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/price%20gouging. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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