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 Mississippi attorney general issued an opinion in 2009 that expanded the list to 22 crimes, including timber larceny, carjacking, felony-level shoplifting and felony-level bad check writing.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
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
The innocent person who advances the money has the right to assume that the borrower is not offering him a bad check.
From The Confessions of Artemas Quibble by Arthur Cheney Train
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