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gouger

British  
/ ˈɡaʊdʒə /

noun

  1. a person or tool that gouges

  2. dialect a low-class city lout

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Michael Volkov, whose Washington, D.C.-based law firm’s specialties include corporate compliance, said he expected more aggressive gouger pursuit by all levels of government.

From Washington Times Aug. 30, 2020

Working with machinists in Pittsburgh, Driscoll was able to replicate the blade’s curves, based on a photograph his teacher took in 1965, and incorporated them into his own patented gouger.

From Washington Times Dec. 19, 2015

Last week, for the first time in 20 months, the law closed in on a gouger.

From Time Magazine Archive

With Hurley and Adio dropping some serious bucks on their goofy-footed gouger, it�s no wonder.

From Time Magazine Archive

My apples are troubled with curculio and gouger.

From The Apple by Various

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