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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
Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
The jury did find that Ticketmaster overcharged customers by a little less than $2, which … looking at my bank account doesn’t exactly seem quite right, but that’s probably an average.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
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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Verb
On Wednesday, a New York federal jury found that Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally operated as a monopoly and overcharged fans.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
The jury did find that Ticketmaster overcharged customers by a little less than $2, which … looking at my bank account doesn’t exactly seem quite right, but that’s probably an average.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 15 Apr. 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%.
—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
Verb
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Beyond the claims itself, evidence released in the trial had revealed some unflattering conversations between Live Nation representatives, perhaps most notably a set of exchanges between two regional employees bragging to each other about gouging concertgoers on ancillary fees and parking spaces.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2026
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Wood can gouge or splinter easily under too much pressure.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Wednesday’s game, in particular, ended in extremely bizarre fashion with Xavier Edwards turning an unusual unassisted double play with the bases loaded and Freddie Freeman at the plate.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Patriots blew the game open with a six-run fifth, including an RBI single from Lindsay and one walk and one hit batter with the bases loaded to push across runs.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But, curiously, participants had the highest solve rate when the puzzles appeared in ordinary dreams, not lucid ones.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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For example, through the department’s Civil Rights Data Collection, Cohen and Smith Richards were able to determine that a special-education district in Illinois had the highest rate of student arrests of any school in the country.—
Charles Ornstein,
ProPublica,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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This scene stings with recognition.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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Captain Ethan Ampadu is one of the survivors of that stinging 2024 play-off final defeat.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But overloading the dishwasher can result in dirty dishes that need to be put through a second cycle to get clean, and dishes that are crammed in may become damaged.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2026
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Because transmission and distribution lines have finite capacity, every route has a capacity limit, and a failure along one pathway can cause others to be overloaded.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Porsche is not having the best time of things after betting too heavily on EVs, which looks even worse in the vital US market thanks to Trump’s tariffs.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
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The factors that have helped consumers keep their heads above water in the face of tariff price rises and oil inflation, to name a few—such as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and tax refunds—aren’t frequent boosts to spending.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Massachusetts law requires utility companies to collect an energy efficiency surcharge on all Massachusetts energy consumers.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Domestic flights will also get surcharged.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Trump officials, like those in past administrations, have argued that such a warrant requirement would overburden law enforcement and endanger national security.—
Eric McDaniel,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2026
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But those customs brokers are overburdened now with such requests, and many have told their clients to create their own accounts and pursue the refunds themselves.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Overcharge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcharge. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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