Definition

1. Verb:
   • To overcharge: To demand an excessively high price for goods or services, typically in a dishonest or unfair manner, especially by a trader or seller.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người bán hàng đó thường bóp mắt khách du lịch. (That vendor often overcharges tourists.)
  • Đừng để họ bóp mắt bạn; giá này quá cao so với thị trường. (Don't let them overcharge you; this price is too high compared to the market.)

Advanced Usage

• "bóp mắt người mua": to overcharge the buyer.
  • Cửa hàng này nổi tiếng vì hay bóp mắt người mua. (This shop is notorious for overcharging buyers.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chặt chém (verb): A more colloquial and vivid synonym meaning to rip off or overcharge severely.
  • Khu chợ đó chặt chém khách hàng kinh khủng. (That market rips off customers terribly.)
• Hét giá (verb): To quote an exorbitantly high price.
• Lừa đảo (verb): To cheat or swindle, which can include financial deception like overcharging.

Synonyms

• Overprice: To set a price that is too high.
• Rip off: To cheat someone by charging too much money (informal).
• Fleece: To deceive someone into paying too much money for something (informal).

Related Idioms

• "Vẽ đường cho hươu chạy": Literally "to draw a path for the deer to run," meaning to make it easy for someone to take advantage of you. This can be related to the context of being overcharged if one is not careful.
  • Nếu bạn không biết giá cả, bạn đang vẽ đường cho hươu chạy và sẽ bị bóp mắt. (If you don't know the prices, you are making it easy for them and will get overcharged.)

1. Overcharge (of a trader)