Consumer Protection Vocabulary

noun a price that is higher than what is considered reasonable or fair

verb to charge too much for goods or services

• The company was accused of overcharging customers for their services.
• I think the mechanic overcharged me for fixing my car.
• That store always tries to overcharge for their products.
• His emotions were like an overcharge of electricity, sparking and unpredictable.

noun a person who commits scams or fraudulent acts

• The authorities warned the public about a scam artist who was targeting elderly individuals.
• I heard that there's a scam artist going around pretending to be a charity worker.
• Watch out for that scam artist, he's been conning people out of their money left and right.
• She's like a scam artist when it comes to manipulating people into doing what she wants.

noun the action of selling something to someone in a misleading or dishonest way

• The financial advisor was accused of mis-selling investment products to unsuspecting clients.
• The salesman got in trouble for mis-selling insurance policies to customers.
• The agent was busted for pulling a mis-selling scam on his clients.
• Her mis-selling of the idea led to a disastrous outcome for the project.