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The Thai authorities have deployed hundreds of police officers to keep an eye on the city's entertainment zones, and warned local businesses not to overcharge their American guests.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Lawyers for the plaintiffs estimated that the lack of competition in the repair market allowed dealers to overcharge by $190 million to $387 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

The HUD figure, which is based on Census data for typical apartment rents in an area, is used to ensure landlords cannot overcharge low-income residents with housing choice vouchers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025

In practice, many insurers overcharge the federal government hundreds of billions of dollars in inflated estimates, often by adding diagnosis codes that make individuals appear sicker on paper than they are in reality.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2024

In this overcharge of the electrical cloud he had a peculiar passion for destroying.

From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Jean Paul Friedrich Richter

And earlier this year, a jury found that Live Nation was an illegal monopoly, following years of criticism that the company stifles competition and overcharges fans, but analysts say a breakup is unlikely.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

“The companies pulled their punches, and one company was left being the sole bidder on the contract and that involved a lot of overcharges to the good people of Texas,” Slater said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

“It overcharges people for the right to defend themselves in court.”

From Salon ● May 23, 2025

Tap again when leaving a station to avoid overcharges.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024

These books disclosed that Mr. Yerkes and his associates, Widener and Elkins, had made many millions in reconstructing the Chicago lines at prices which represented gross overcharges to the stockholders.

From The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry by Burton Jesse Hendrick

For some that's because they do not want their supplier to estimate their usage in case they are overcharged.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Alasdair Ibbotson, a councillor for Penyffordd, first raised the concern that passengers were being overcharged by the system in July.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

There was no diligent retailer in the Philippines who realized they overcharged you for an eBay or Amazon purchase you had forgotten you made years ago, and miraculously wanted to make you whole.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 25, 2026

In 2020 the FCC fined T-Mobile $200 million after investigators determined its recently acquired Sprint subsidiary had overcharged Lifeline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

One time I tried to explain a cable TV bill to my mom when she thought she had been overcharged.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

I believe this is a legitimate case of timeshare overcharging.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026

Live Nation, the entertainment giant which owns Ticketmaster, has been illegally operating as a monopoly and overcharging fans, a federal jury has found.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

She said the incident highlights what’s wrong with the system: overpolicing and overcharging for an outdated service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025

The ride-hailing company Lyft accused San Francisco of overcharging it $100 million in taxes over the last five years in a lawsuit filed last week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024

The prosecutor is also free to file more charges against a defendant than can realistically be proven in court, so long as probable cause arguably exists—a practice known as overcharging.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander