price gouger
Disaster markup artist
A price gouger is someone who charges excessively high prices, typically during emergencies or shortages when buyers have few alternatives.
The term carries strong moral condemnation—price gougers exploit desperate circumstances for profit: Stores were accused of being price gougers after the hurricane.
Laws against price gouging exist in many jurisdictions.
Inflated-price ticket reseller
- extortionerOne who obtains through threats
- profiteerOne exploiting shortages
- hoarderOne who amasses excessively
- sharkCartilaginous marine predator
swindler · usurer · monopolist · speculator · middleman · ticket tout · reseller · flipper
Excessive desire for wealth
- avariceExcessive desire for riches
- unscrupulousLacking moral principles
- immoralContrary to ethical principles
- dishonestInclined to deceive
deceptive · predatory · exploitative · rapacious · mercenary · cutthroat · opportunistic · unconscionable
Resale at inflated prices
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
- markupAdded percentage for profit
- overchargingDemanding excessive payment
- extortionObtaining through threats
usury · fleecing · rip-off · bait-and-switch · bid rigging · cornering the market · artificial scarcity · reselling
Unreasonably high, as costs
- extortionateUnreasonably high in cost
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- sky-highExtremely or excessively elevated
- excessiveSurpassing reasonable bounds
unreasonable · outrageous · astronomical · unjustified · premium · surcharge · markup · cost increase
scalper
Inflated-price ticket reseller
- extortionerOne who obtains through threats
- profiteerOne exploiting shortages
- hoarderOne who amasses excessively
shark · swindler · usurer · monopolist · speculator · middleman · ticket tout · reseller · flipper · arbitrageur
greed
Excessive desire for wealth
- avariceExcessive desire for riches
- unscrupulousLacking moral principles
- immoralContrary to ethical principles
dishonest · deceptive · predatory · exploitative · rapacious · mercenary · cutthroat · opportunistic · unconscionable · parasitic
scalping
Resale at inflated prices
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
- markupAdded percentage for profit
- overchargingDemanding excessive payment
extortion · usury · fleecing · rip-off · bait-and-switch · bid rigging · cornering the market · artificial scarcity · reselling · arbitrage
exorbitant
Unreasonably high, as costs
- extortionateUnreasonably high in cost
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- sky-highExtremely or excessively elevated
excessive · unreasonable · outrageous · astronomical · unjustified · premium · surcharge · markup · cost increase · highway robbery
disaster
Sudden ruinous event
shortage · crisis · blackout · wildfire · earthquake · flood · war · rationing · essential goods · medicine
price gougerphilanthropist
Donor to charitable causes
benefactor · donor · Good Samaritan · altruist · social enterprise
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