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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

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

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

Before the overcharge is made the cells should be carefully inspected for short circuits and other abnormal conditions.

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

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

It seeks compensation for overcharges, plus fees and other damages, and a trial by jury.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024

Then begins the translation of the spoken into the written thoughts.—The writer corrects, improves, overcharges, diminishes, or even omits, according to his opinion of the graces of style.

From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Manzoni, Alessandro

Government watchdogs have alleged that some defense contractors have overcharged the military for products and parts, and Republican and Democratic lawmakers have called for stricter oversight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 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

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

I believe this is a legitimate case of timeshare overcharging.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026

“You had a lot of dealerships in the Covid era that were overcharging, to say the least,” said Eric Frehsée, president of the Tamaroff Group in the Detroit area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 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

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