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as in to gouge
to charge (someone) too much for goods or services
I think that store may have overcharged us for the shoes, which were supposed to be on sale
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Recent Examples of overcharge
Katelyn Umholtz,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2026
Charging safely protects your devices and your home; habits like overcharging or charging on a bed can cause battery damage or fire risks.
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Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
18 May 2026
Caleb Jacobs,
The Drive,
8 Apr. 2026
Jurors confused an overcharge with a discount.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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Verb
The tenants estimated that they were overcharged by $50,000 to $100,000.
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Katelyn Umholtz,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2026
Charging safely protects your devices and your home; habits like overcharging or charging on a bed can cause battery damage or fire risks.
—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
18 May 2026
Noun
This means that plaintiffs will recover somewhere between 26% and 53% of overcharge damages, according to one of the court documents—far beyond the typical amount, which lands between 5% and 15%.
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Caleb Jacobs,
The Drive,
8 Apr. 2026
Jurors confused an overcharge with a discount.
—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcharge
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To absorb expenses without gouging their customers, leaders must build fiercely lean teams and optimize their talent.
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Michigan's attorney general has opened a price gouging investigation into a BP gas station near Detroit Metro Airport that prosecutors say charged travelers significantly more for gas than nearby stations.
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After loading the bases, the Rays were able to manufacture their offense against Royals starter Noah Cameron.
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Tamales are loaded with bean, chile and cheese.
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Sure, the unemployment rate, but does that really apply to me?
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Atlanta’s data center market ended March with a vacancy rate of 1%, a staggeringly low figure in commercial development, according to new data from real estate services firm CBRE.
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Home Depot and rival Lowe’s must also confront a weak housing market, which has been stung by stubbornly high interest rates and rising building material expenses.
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Christie Ray/Queen Bee Supply via AP A photojournalist from CBS affiliate KDFM also captured video despite being stung , the station reported.
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His knack of finding the ball in the right place at the right time in the opposition box has already yielded two goals, and Marcelo Bielsa’s team are not exactly overloaded with reliable goalscorers.
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Be Ruthless About Clutter No design trick can compete with a room that's overloaded with stuff, says Taylor.
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The desire to recoup tariff revenue and refill the Treasury’s coffers, now being depleted by refunds to importers, is a preeminent priority.
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But tariffs created using that statute can last for only 150 days, with any extension requiring congressional approval.
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The National Park Service already implemented a $100 per person surcharge for non-U.S. residents per daily visit to the most popular national parks, and Trump wants to put the change into law.
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Massachusetts law requires utility companies to collect an energy efficiency surcharge on all Massachusetts energy consumers.
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That includes a legal and regulatory framework that does not overburden business.
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In the end, some 125 took the offer, threatening to overburden a corps already struggling to inspect even a sliver of the nation’s 130,000 licensed firearms dealers.
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“Overcharge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcharge. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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