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The Thai authorities have deployed hundreds of police officers to keep an eye on the city's entertainment zones, and warned local businesses not to overcharge their American guests.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

“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

The ancient gun, overheated by long use, could not take the overcharge of powder in the shell.

From The Buttoned Sky by Geoff St. Reynard

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

It was my duty to check the railroad waybills on consignments of coal, to correct the weights, and to make claims for overcharges and shortages.

From Branded by Francis Lynde

"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

Alasdair Ibbotson, a councillor for Penyffordd, first raised the concern that passengers were being overcharged by the system in July.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Devices are at most risk when they are overcharged, malfunctioning or damaged, which can cause components to break down and release excess heat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 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

But universities got greedy and abused the system by overcharging the government for overhead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

I believe this is a legitimate case of timeshare overcharging.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 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