Noun: gouger gaw-ju(r)
- [N. Amer, informal] A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
"The gouger convinced investors to put money into a nonexistent company";
- swindler, defrauder, chiseller [Brit, Cdn, informal], chiseler [US, informal], scammer, grifter [N. Amer, informal]
- An attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye
"The fight turned ugly when one of the men became a gouger"
Derived forms: gougers
Type of: battler, belligerent, combatant, deceiver, fighter, scrapper, slicker [informal], trickster
Encyclopedia: Gouger, Robert