overcharge
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“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
C. Meat packers are using “their position as middlemen to overcharge grocery stores and, ultimately, families.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
The lack of transparency enables PBMs to overcharge patients and health plans.
From Salon ● May 31, 2025
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
In the case of gross incivility or overcharge, you have a simple remedy by taking the conductor’s number and applying for a summons at the nearest police office.
From Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood by Anonymous
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
As for those refunds, Californians are still waiting for about $3.5 billion of the $5.5 billion that Consumer Watchdog estimates policyholders are owed for pandemic-era overcharges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
“I know how unfair it feels when a company overcharges you and gets away with it,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
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 McMeen, Samuel
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
Under the agreement, Skims will be required to, for the next four years, “use best efforts” to refund customers who were overcharged sales taxes on their products in a “reasonably timely manner.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
Both the RAC and the AA said drivers were being overcharged for fuel.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
I never saw him tired, never really winded, never overcharged and never restless.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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I believe this is a legitimate case of timeshare overcharging.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026
A group of states accused the company of overcharging music fans and pressuring venues to use its dominant ticketing service, Ticketmaster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
In 2012, Walmart agreed to pay $2.1 million for allegedly overcharging customers in California and failing to comply with a 2008 judgment that required the company to resolve errors in pricing at checkout stands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 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
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