After the storm, residents accused the small hardware store owner of being a price gouger when he sold bottled water for triple the usual cost.

At the reception, guests couldn't stop reaching for the buttery gougees laid out on the silver tray.

After the storm, every gougee struggled to buy enough bottled water and ice.

The gouger doubled the price of bottled water after the storm, exploiting desperate customers.

The orchard owner hired skilled plum gougers to remove pits quickly without bruising the fruit.

The plum gouger ruined the harvest by making round holes in the fruit to lay its eggs, and the larvae later bored into the stones and ate the kernels.

After the hurricane, gougers sold bottled water at outrageous prices.

During the hurricane, local residents organized patrols to report price gougers who were charging exorbitant amounts for bottled water.