Overcharger

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person or business that demands a price higher than fair or standard for goods or services ; a device that supplies electric charge to a battery beyond its rated or safe capacity
2. Someone who exacts payment in excess of what is reasonable or proper ; an apparatus that continues supplying current to a battery after it reaches full charge
3. A seller or vendor who imposes unreasonably high prices ; a charging mechanism that applies excess voltage or current to a battery, potentially causing damage

Etymology: "Overcharger" is a simple formation: the verb "overcharge," meaning to demand too high a price or to load something beyond its proper amount, with the agent suffix "-er" added to name the person or thing doing the overcharging. The base verb itself is built from "over-," meaning excess or beyond, and "charge," which traces back through Old French "charger" to Latin "carricare," to load a vehicle. So the word's core image is of a load pushed past its limit, and the person who pushes it there is the overcharger.

Synonyms: gouger