Rogets II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
gouge
VERB:
Slang. To exploit (another) by charging too much for something: fleece, overcharge. Slang :clip1, nick, rip off, scalp, skin, soak. Idioms: make someone pay through the nose, take someone for a ride , take someone to the cleaners . SeeHONEST.