price gouging

noun

The act of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at unreasonably high prices.

“The farmers aren't really guilty of price gouging, but they are trying to recoup some of their losses from the flooding earlier this spring.”

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Meanings

nounprice gouging (usually uncountable, plural price gougings)

plural price gougings

  1. uncountableusuallybusinessThe act of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at unreasonably high prices.

    The farmers aren't really guilty of price gouging, but they are trying to recoup some of their losses from the flooding earlier this spring.

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of price gouge

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
daylight robberyhighway robberyovercharge

Translations

Dutch woeker
  • woekeract of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at unreasonably high prices
German Wucher
  • Wucheract of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at unreasonably high prices
Polish windowanie cen
  • windowanie cenact of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at unreasonably high prices
Spanish inflamiento de precios
  • inflamiento de preciosact of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at unreasonably high prices
Cite this entry
APA

price gouging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/price%20gouging

MLA

“price gouging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/price%20gouging. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “price gouging,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/price%20gouging.

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