bad check
Example Sentences
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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
Like the protagonist of “Attic” — a working-class college dropout named “K Dunn” — she had a felony conviction for passing a bad check.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 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
Instead of honoring the promises in the Constitution, King said “America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked ‘insufficient funds.’”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
"No … I let a bad check get out… You know—no funds."
From Broken to the Plow by Charles Caldwell Dobie
