overcharging
Billing too much
Overcharging is charging too much for something—more than the fair price or more than was agreed upon: The mechanic was overcharging for basic repairs.
It also means putting too much electrical charge into a battery, which can damage it or reduce its lifespan.
Both senses involve excess beyond what's appropriate or safe.
Exploitative overpricing
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- rip-offGrossly overpriced exchange
- fleecingDefrauding for gain
defrauding · cheating · extortion · profiteering · highway robbery · swindling · shakedown · skimming
Extortionate money lending
- predatory lendingExploitative loan terms
- loan sharkingIllegal lending at excessive interest
- profiteeringExploiting scarcity for gain
- monopolisticHaving exclusive market control
captive market · price fixing · collusion · gouging · opportunistic · surge pricing · dynamic pricing · rent-seeking
Excessive desire for riches
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- money-grubbingObsessively seeking wealth
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- mercenarySoldier fighting for pay
acquisitiveness · profiteering · extortionate · insatiable · covetousness · hoarding · greedflation · corporate greed
Added percentage for profit
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- exorbitantUnreasonably high, as costs
- excessiveSurpassing reasonable bounds
- overpricedCosting more than warranted
steep · unreasonable · sky-high · astronomical · premium pricing · price inflation · overvaluation · convenience fee
Unjust or biased treatment
- inequityUnfair distribution or treatment
- victimizationBeing made to suffer
- unjustNot fair or right
- exploitativeUnfairly using others' vulnerabilities
disparity · predatory · unethical · vulnerable populations · elder fraud · class action · consumer protection
gouging
Exploitative overpricing
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- rip-offGrossly overpriced exchange
fleecing · defrauding · cheating · extortion · profiteering · highway robbery · swindling · shakedown · skimming · deception
usury
Extortionate money lending
- predatory lendingExploitative loan terms
- loan sharkingIllegal lending at excessive interest
- profiteeringExploiting scarcity for gain
monopolistic · captive market · price fixing · collusion · gouging · opportunistic · surge pricing · dynamic pricing · rent-seeking · payday lending
avarice
Excessive desire for riches
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- money-grubbingObsessively seeking wealth
- graspingGreedy for wealth
mercenary · acquisitiveness · profiteering · extortionate · insatiable · covetousness · hoarding · greedflation · corporate greed
markup
Added percentage for profit
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- exorbitantUnreasonably high, as costs
- excessiveSurpassing reasonable bounds
overpriced · steep · unreasonable · sky-high · astronomical · premium pricing · price inflation · overvaluation · convenience fee · processing fee
unfairness
Unjust or biased treatment
- inequityUnfair distribution or treatment
- victimizationBeing made to suffer
- unjustNot fair or right
exploitative · disparity · predatory · unethical · vulnerable populations · elder fraud · class action · consumer protection
- marketing scamsfalse ads, fake reviews, fake testimonials, fake endorsements, false promises
- price crimesprice fixing, price gouging, price manipulation, predatory pricing, unfair pricing
- scamsscam, scams, fraud, frauds, swindle
- bad behaviorcheating, stealing, lying, greed, selfishness
- consumer concernsprice, quality, safety, value, warranty
- consumer hassleshidden fees, long lines, out of stock, late delivery, refunds
overchargingundercharging
Requesting insufficient payment
underpricing · discounting · fair pricing · subsidizing · giving away
charge, discharge, charger, charging, discharged, recharge, overcharge, recharged, surcharge