Synonyms for price gouging
price goug·ing

Princeton's WordNet

1. price gougingnoun

   pricing above the market price when no alternative retailer is available

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1. • Pricing

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1. Sean Patrick Maloney:

   That's part of the strategy of the Inflation Reduction Act. And all of these strategies together - together with going after price gouging ,by the way, because these big oil companies are making a fortune off of Putin's war and the rest. We've got to make sure people aren't profiting off the war. All of these strategies together can help bring prices down.

2. Deputy Attorney General Jim Davis:

   We had a team go out immediately and we found out there was some truth to the claim that there was price gouging going on at the hotel.

3. President Biden:

   We understand Putin's war against the people of Ukraine is causing prices to rise. We get that. That's self-evident. But it's no excuse to exercise excessive price increases or padding profits or any kind of effort to exploit this situation or American consumers, russia's aggression is costing us all, and it's no time for profiteering or price gouging.

4. Elizabeth Warren:

   This isn’t about inflation. This is about price gouging for these guys. So I get it. When we see prices go up we’re all concerned and the Republicans want to come in and just try to hammer on one theme about this economy but we got to pay attention to the fact that folks like the oil companies say I think it’s just another opportunity to make profits and we need to call them out on that.

5. Robert Weissman:

   This agreement falls short of what Americans want and deserve to stop Big Pharma price gouging, but it is a positive step forward nonetheless.