gouger

Definition of gougernext

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Noun
  • As long as there have been wars, there have been war profiteers.
    Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • Set against the backdrop of the Civil War, her journey unfolds in contrast to profiteers who exploit the war effort, ultimately risking the lives of the very soldiers Margaret strives to save at Gettysburg.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The decade ended tumultuously, with the Osmond family’s fortune drained by a series of swindlers and grifters.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The New York Times later reported that Bankman-Fried was placed in solitary confinement because the crypto swindler violated the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ rules.
    Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • This kind of thinking can allow students who sometimes cheat to not think of themselves as cheaters.
    Austin Sarat, Fortune, 23 June 2026
  • This kind of thinking can allow students who sometimes cheat to not think of themselves as cheaters.
    Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.
    David E. Sanger, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2021
Noun
  • Sometimes, the fourth-grader asks Robo-Dad for Minecraft cheats.
    Ella Chakarian, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026
  • And then Bobby is just a cheat code for comedy writers.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • Ukraine faces severe personnel shortages with around 200,000 military desertions and 2 million draft-dodgers, threatening its ability to sustain the war against Russia’s 2022 invasion.
    Kirsten Grieshaber, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
  • But my collection intentionally ignored the fraudulent exploits of billionaire heirs, tax dodgers and corporate magnates — defense contracts, government lobbying, bank accounts in Switzerland, shell companies in Panama, citizenship of Antigua and political asylum in London.
    Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In 2025's Marty Supreme, the New York native took on the role of the charismatic hustler Marty Mauser.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • The supporting cast was a pleasant surprise, but it was filled mostly with low-usage hustlers.
    Jay King, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • The series has lent a cinematic gangster attraction to the Peaky Blinders, yet the term itself was not one gang — as depicted in the show — but a generic expression from the late 19th century for the ‘street ruffians’ of Birmingham, born out of the city’s ring of poverty.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2026
  • In fact, the GTW ruffians have to give the Big Honey some props for his relative restraint in the heat of the moment.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026
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“Gouger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gouger. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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