Meaning & use
Gouged
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Cut or scraped out roughly or forcefully, typically leaving a hole or groove; also, overcharged unfairly.
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He gouged a deep hole in the wood while carving the sculpture.
Tourists complained they had been gouged by taxi drivers charging triple the normal fare.
A note on using this word
The figurative sense of 'price gouging' extends the literal meaning of cutting into something to describe unfairly extracting money from someone.
Words with a similar meaning
scoopedovercharged
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Forced out roughly, as with a gouge or similar tool.
The workers gouged out the old plaster before repainting.
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