Devibhagavatapurana 3.16.53

3.16.53

nātra kiṃ paravittecchā vāṇijyena parantapa |
grahaṇakāle tu samprāpte maharghañcāpi kāṅkṣati ||

O Controlled one! Is there not the desire to take away the other’s property in this act of merchandise? Certainly there is. Besides the merchants, when they find that when people are in urgent need of buying articles from them, expect that the price of those articles might run higher.