price gouging
noun
: charging customers too much money
The company has been accused of price gouging.
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The state’s own Attorney General found no evidence of widespread price gouging, confirming that California’s policies, not corporate profits, are the culprit.
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Ted Gaines, Oc Register, 28 May 2025
Two years after California’s Democratic leaders declared victory over big oil with a law aiming to crack down on industry profits, the state has been unable to prove companies engage in price gouging when the cost of gasoline spikes in California.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Additionally, there is increasing consolidation of market power among fewer larger companies in the egg supply chain, which could lead to price gouging, according to Farm Action, an advocacy group.
—John Towfighi, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed DOGE to the Pentagon, where Elon Musk will face an accounting system that has never passed an audit and decades of rampant price gouging by defense contractors.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
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Ted Gaines, Oc Register, 28 May 2025
Two years after California’s Democratic leaders declared victory over big oil with a law aiming to crack down on industry profits, the state has been unable to prove companies engage in price gouging when the cost of gasoline spikes in California.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Additionally, there is increasing consolidation of market power among fewer larger companies in the egg supply chain, which could lead to price gouging, according to Farm Action, an advocacy group.
—John Towfighi, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed DOGE to the Pentagon, where Elon Musk will face an accounting system that has never passed an audit and decades of rampant price gouging by defense contractors.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Price gouging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/price%20gouging. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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