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overcharged
[v. oh-ver-chahrj; n. oh-ver-chahrj] 
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overcharge
[v. oh-ver-chahrj; n. oh-ver-chahrj]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | charge to excess |
| Synonyms: | cheat, fleece, overburden, overtax, rip off |
| Main Entry: | bleed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extort |
| Synonyms: | blackmail, confiscate, deplete, drain, exhaust, extract, fleece, impoverish, leech, milk, mulct, overcharge, pauperize, put the screws to, rook, sap*, skin*, squeeze*, steal, stick*, strong-arm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encumber, strain |
| Synonyms: | afflict, bear down on, bother, crush, cumber, depress, dish it out, dish out, dump on, encumber, give it to, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, lade, load, make heavy, obligate, oppress, overcharge, overload, overwhelm, pile, press, saddle with, snow under, snow*, stick it to, strain, tax, trouble, try, vex, weigh down, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, relieve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fleece |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plunder, steal |
| Synonyms: | bleed, burn*, cheat*, clip, con, cozen, defraud, despoil, flimflam, gouge, hustle, jerk around, milk, mulct, overcharge, pluck, rifle, rip off, rob, rook, rope in, run a game on, sell a bill of goods, shaft*, strip, swindle, take for a ride, take to the cleaners |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | magnify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exaggerate, blow out of proportion |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, blow up, boost, color, dramatize, embellish, embroider, enhance, fudge, inflate, make mountain of molehill, overcharge, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, overplay, overrate, overstate, overstress, pad, puff up, pyramid |
| Antonyms: | diminish, play down, weaken |
| Main Entry: | swindle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat, steal |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle, beat*, bilk, clip, con*, cozen, deceive, defraud, diddle, do*, dupe, extort, fleece, flimflam, fool, frame*, fudge, gouge, gull, hoodwink, overcharge, pluck, pull a fast one, put one over on, rip off, rook, run a game on, sandbag, scam, sell a bill of goods, set up, shaft, stiff*, sting*, sucker, take for a ride, take to the cleaners, trick, trim*, victimize |
| Antonyms: | donate, give |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cheated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | defrauded |
| Synonyms: | bamboozled, beguiled, bilked, burned, conned, deceived, duped, finessed, gypped, hoodwinked, overcharged, ripped off, scammed, swindled, taken in, tricked, victimized |
| Main Entry: | lade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | charge |
| Synonyms: | afflict, bear down on, bother, burden, crush, cumber, depress, dish it out, dish out, dump on, encumber, freight, give it to, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, load, make heavy, obligate, oppress, overcharge, overload, overwhelm, pile, press, saddle, saddle with, snow under, snow*, stick it to, strain, tax, trouble, try, vex, weigh down, weight, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scalp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take money |
| Synonyms: | fleece, make someone pay through the nose, overcharge |
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