overcharge
verb
over·charge
ˌō-vər-ˈchärj 
overcharged; overcharging; overcharges
: to make an excessive charge
Examples of overcharge in a Sentence
He overcharges for car repairs.
He overcharges his customers for car repairs.
The store overcharged me for my skirt.
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Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Trump overcharged Secret Service to stay at his D.C. hotel, report says
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Graham Kates
Graham Kates is an investigative reporter covering criminal justice, privacy issues and information security for CBS News Digital.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
Harvard, Yale and dozens of other top private universities in the U.S. are accused in a lawsuit of conspiring to overcharge students for their tuition.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
An antitrust lawsuit filed this week accuses some of America’s wealthiest colleges and universities of overcharging students with divorced or separated parents.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
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overcharge
verb
over·charge
ˌō-vər-ˈchärj
1
: to charge too much
2
: to fill or load too full
a cannon overcharged with powder
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