gouge
Charge way more
A gouge is a chisel with a curved blade for cutting grooves or hollows in wood.
To gouge is to cut or scoop out, often roughly or violently: The accident gouged a chunk from the door.
To gouge someone's eyes out is to dig them from the sockets.
In American usage, to gouge is to overcharge or swindle: Hotels gouge tourists during peak season.
Remove earth systematically
- digUnearth by shoveling
- scoopFirst-reported story
- extractConcentrated derived substance
- hollowEmpty within
burrow · bore · scrape · core · dredge · shovel · spoon · ladle
Edged carving implement
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- handlePart for gripping
- bevelSloped edge or cut
- sharpeningMaking more cutting
woodworking · curved blade · tang · ferrule · cutting edge · carving tool
Edged carving implement
- woodworkCraft of building with lumber
- reliefEasing of distress
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- inciseCut into material
engrave · whittle · bas-relief · intaglio · woodblock · inlay · mallet · veiner
Passage for transmission
- furrowNarrow trench in earth
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- notchV-shaped incision
- indentationInward cut or setback
slot · trough · scoring · rut · scratch · gash · score · hollow
Demanding excessive payment
- extortionObtaining through threats
- profiteeringExploiting scarcity for gain
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- markupAdded percentage for profit
rip-off · highway robbery · predatory pricing · exorbitant · opportunism · scalping · surge pricing · greed
Act dishonestly to win
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- conArgument against
- defraudObtain through deceit
- bilkDefraud of payment
fleece · scam · rip off · extort · hustle · bamboozle · take advantage · squeeze
Eye's clear outer dome
- socketHollow receiving cavity
- blindingPainfully intense light
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- punctureHole from penetration
laceration · disfigurement · enucleation · maiming · attack · injury · orbital · vision loss
excavate
Remove earth systematically
hollow · burrow · bore · scrape · core · dredge · shovel · spoon · ladle · carve out
chisel
Edged carving implement
sharpening · woodworking · curved blade · tang · ferrule · cutting edge · carving tool
chisel
Edged carving implement
incise · engrave · whittle · bas-relief · intaglio · woodblock · inlay · mallet · veiner · fluter
channel
Passage for transmission
indentation · slot · trough · scoring · rut · scratch · gash · score · hollow · depression
overcharging
Demanding excessive payment
- extortionObtaining through threats
- profiteeringExploiting scarcity for gain
- exploitationSelfish use of others
markup · rip-off · highway robbery · predatory pricing · exorbitant · opportunism · scalping · surge pricing · greed · unconscionable
cheat
Act dishonestly to win
bilk · fleece · scam · rip off · extort · hustle · bamboozle · take advantage · squeeze · milk
cornea
Eye's clear outer dome
puncture · laceration · disfigurement · enucleation · maiming · attack · injury · orbital · vision loss
- marksmark, blemish, blotch, stroke, seal of approval
- surface damagecracks, rust, cracking, peeling, chipping
- woodworkingwoodworking, wood, saw, hammer, drill
- carvingcarve, carved, whittle, whittled, chisel
- craftsmanshiphandcrafted, craft, handiwork, stitching, welding
- cutting toolsaxe, saw, saws, knife, blade
- price gougingExcessive pricing during crises
- price gougersSellers exploiting scarcity
- gouge outForcibly dig or cut free
- price gougeOvercharge during emergencies
- eye gougingAttacking someone's vision organs
- rent gougingExcessive housing cost increases