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price gouging
[ prahys gou-jing ]
noun
- an act or instance of charging customers too high a price for goods or services, especially when demand is high and supplies are limited:
The law prohibits price gouging during weather emergencies such as snowstorms.
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- price gouge price-gouge verb (used with or without object)
- price goug路er noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of price gouging1
Example Sentences
鈥淭here are serious concerns about discrimination or price gouging and this happens in a black box that we don鈥檛 always know about,鈥 Geoghegan said.
Product shortages created by stockpiling and panic purchases often lead to price gouging, Thornberg said.
It was a minor miracle in the current L.A. market of limited availability and price gouging.
On grocery prices, Trump鈥檚 take was about as simplistic as that of Democratic opponent Kamala Harris, who promised to crack down on price gouging.
As these people searched for housing, there were widespread reports of illegal price gouging, with some landlords increasing rent by more than 50%.
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