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Gouger (Noun)

Meaning 1

A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.

Classification

Nouns denoting people.

Examples

  • The street vendor was a notorious gouger, overcharging tourists for his fake designer goods.
  • He got in trouble with the law for being a gouger, selling fake concert tickets to unsuspecting fans.
  • The online seller was exposed as a gouger, scamming buyers out of thousands of dollars with her counterfeit products.
  • She felt taken advantage of by the gouger who had sold her a fake designer handbag at an inflated price.
  • The authorities cracked down on the gouger who had been running a pyramid scheme, swindling investors out of millions.

Synonyms

  • Scammer
  • Swindler
  • Defrauder
  • Grifter
  • Chiseler
  • Chiseller

Hypernyms

  • Deceiver
  • Slicker
  • Cheat
  • Cheater
  • Trickster

Hyponyms

  • Clip Artist
  • Con Artist
  • Sharpy
  • Card Sharp
  • Con Man
  • Confidence Man
  • Card Shark
  • Cardsharper
  • Card Sharper
  • Sharpie
  • Welsher
  • Cardsharp
  • Welcher

Related Words

  • Gouge (verb)

Meaning 2

An attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye.

Classification

Nouns denoting people.

Examples

  • The infamous gouger was known for his brutal tactics in the underground fighting ring.
  • In a shocking turn of events, the victim's eye was left dangling from its socket after a vicious attack by the gouger.
  • Detectives were on the hunt for the notorious gouger who had been terrorizing the city's streets for months.
  • The martial arts instructor warned his students about the dangers of facing a gouger in a real-life combat situation.
  • Witnesses described the gouger as a tall, menacing figure with a twisted grin on his face.

Hypernyms

  • Belligerent
  • Battler
  • Scrapper
  • Fighter

Related Words

  • Gouge (verb)
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