overcharge

“It is reprehensible to overcharge and take advantage of wildfire victims who were in desperate need of housing as they fled their homes from raging fires last year,” Los Angeles County Dist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 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

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

He paused, and as the warning note of the cough was not sounded, he passed on to the next entry, letting the overcharge, which was very small, stand.

From The Outcaste by F. E. Penny

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

State officials in Florida sued the company last year, claiming it overbilled the state by nearly $5.8 million for pandemic-response work and refused repayment after the overcharges were identified.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025

Tap again when leaving a station to avoid overcharges.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024

In order to minimize the chance of either continuously overcharging or undercharging the battery, the charges are divided into two classes, namely, regular charges and overcharges.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Samuel McMeen

"We've tried very hard to try and produce it, we've overcharged it as much as we can... We were unsuccessful in generating chromium-6."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Which? claims that since 2015 Apple has effectively locked users into its services and overcharged them as a result.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

The base fee also protects the customer, in theory, from being overcharged.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 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

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

"Half, 86, involved overcharging, and another 35 involved unlicensed operators, and there were probably more because often tourists don't complain," she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

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