bad check
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One intimate claimed McCarthy knew “every gambler, hustler, pool shark, and bad check artist” in east Tennessee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The bureau is targeting overdraft fees charged by banks as well as bad check fees, which are levied against a bank customer when a check isn’t valid.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Spina wrote the bad check, and T.J. handed over his Super Bowl ring, still inside its black box, along with rings from his college football years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
It exemplifies Peck’s finger-in-the-chest attitude, as if to say, you think this domestic scenario is bad, check out what real relationships are like.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2019
"No … I let a bad check get out… You know—no funds."
From Broken to the Plow by Charles Caldwell Dobie
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