price gouging
noun
: charging customers too much money
The company has been accused of price gouging.
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Women on the Council drove legislation that expanded child care programs, protected families from price gouging on baby formula during the pandemic, and addressed pay equity among municipal workers citywide.
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Ebonie Simpson, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
On the heels of my recent article outlining how California’s unique fuel regulations — not corporate price gouging — are driving up gasoline prices in the state, new developments have added urgency to that conversation.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
California drivers who submitted a claim to get their cut of a $50-million settlement over price gouging at the gas pump are starting to see the payments land in their bank accounts.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
Meanwhile, enforcement efforts against price gouging are escalating.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
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Ebonie Simpson, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
On the heels of my recent article outlining how California’s unique fuel regulations — not corporate price gouging — are driving up gasoline prices in the state, new developments have added urgency to that conversation.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
California drivers who submitted a claim to get their cut of a $50-million settlement over price gouging at the gas pump are starting to see the payments land in their bank accounts.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
Meanwhile, enforcement efforts against price gouging are escalating.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 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 6 Jun. 2025.
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