rip somebody off:to cheat somebody, by making them pay too much, by selling them something of poor quality, etc. 敲詐;訛詐
Tourists complain of being ripped off by local cab drivers. 游客們抱怨被當地的出租車司機敲了竹杠.
soak:to obtain a lot of money from somebody by making them pay very high taxes or prices 向(某人)敲竹杠;宰(某人);向(某人)征收重稅
He was accused of soaking his clients. 他被指控向客戶敲竹杠.
gouge:to force somebody to pay an unfairly high price for something; to raise prices unfairly 敲(某人)的竹杠;詐騙錢財;漫天要價
Price gouging is widespread. 漫天要價的情況普遍存在.