哄抬

hōng tái

to artificially inflate / to bid up (the price)

Example Sentences

市场监管部门严厉打击囤积居奇、哄抬物价并牟取非法暴利的不良商家。

shì chǎng jiān guǎn bù mén yán lì dǎ jī tún jī jū qí, hōng tái wù jià bìng móu qǔ fēi fǎ bào lì de bù liáng shāng jiā.

The market supervision department has severely cracked down on unscrupulous merchants who hoard goods, drive up prices and make illegal profits.

面对司法行政主管部门的雷霆严厉打击与高额行政处罚,个别企图哄抬物价的不法商贩不得不收敛了其嚣张行径。

miàn duì sī fǎ xíng zhèng zhǔ guǎn bù mén de léi tíng yán lì dǎ jī yǔ gāo é xíng zhèng chǔ fá, gè bié qǐ tú hōng tái wù jià de bù fǎ shāng fàn bù dé bù shōu liǎn le qí xiāo zhāng xíng jìng.

Faced with severe crackdowns and high administrative penalties from the judicial administration authorities, individual unscrupulous traders who attempted to drive up prices had to curb their arrogant behavior.

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