overcharge

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

Due to this capture, Google is able to overcharge text-ad clients and shroud its actual terms in secrecy in a way that it hasn’t with more visually oriented ads.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2024

Suddenly the cry of the whip-Will's-widow filled the grove—"whip-Will's-widow! whip-Will's-widow! whip-Will's-widow!"—in headlong importunity until the whole air sobbed and quivered with the overcharge of its melancholy passion.

From John March, Southerner by George W. Cable

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

Bradshaw is suing Clark and more than a dozen other attorneys over their handling of a separate lawsuit stemming from DWP billing overcharges, alleging his due processes were violated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

The only pleasure I have had was sending the cook away because of overcharges.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Kuno Francke

If it did pay dividends on watered stock, the public assumed it was being overcharged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Diamond Ward, his public defender in the state case, said prosecutors overcharged Moreno-Gama, calling the incident a “property crime, at best.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 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

Gosling stayed in character for the most part as an annoyed hotel patron who’s been overcharged for visits from the “Goo Goo Man.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2026

They were certain the bill overcharged them by twenty-two dollars.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

I believe this is a legitimate case of timeshare overcharging.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 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 batteries become a risk when they enter thermal runaway, a state that can be triggered by overcharging, manufacturing errors or physical damage that can lead to fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025

He told BBC London that Heathrow is overcharging for many items.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025

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