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as in stung
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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as in overloaded
to fill or load to excess
overcharged his thesis with long, fancy words
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Recent Examples of overcharged
Instead of swift passage on Wednesday, the proposal has become a new flashpoint in a sensitive discussion over police-community relations, with some event organizers questioning why community groups who feel overcharged by the police should have to appeal to the same department for subsidies.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2026
The lawsuit alleges diabetic Iowans have been overcharged millions of dollars a year and cut off from affordable insulin.
—Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 30 Jan. 2026
After the Boynton Beach location changed hands in 2021, the new owners discovered that insurance companies had been billed and over 80 patients had been charged for work that was not performed or overcharged, according to the affidavit, many of them 65 or older.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
Thermal runaway, or self-heating, can occur without warning in lithium batteries as a result of various factors, including if the battery is damaged, overheated, exposed to water, overcharged or improperly packed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
That same year, millions of plaintiffs filed an antitrust class action lawsuit seeking over $1 billion in damages that alleged Sutter Health overcharged customers and companies for health care bills and discouraged clients from using other lower-cost services.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Flat-rate pricing leads to value misalignment, high-usage customers feel undercharged, and low-usage customers feel overcharged.
—Chris Kent, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
While employed by his cousin's yacht brokerage, Boulos reportedly helped convince Kushner to invest in a superyacht, but the brokerage appears to have knowingly overcharged him for the sale.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Dendrites tend to grow when the battery is overcharged, because that’s when the lithium ions migrating into the anode can no longer find a berth.
—Weiyang Li, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Aug. 2018
Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2026
The lawsuit alleges diabetic Iowans have been overcharged millions of dollars a year and cut off from affordable insulin.
—Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 30 Jan. 2026
After the Boynton Beach location changed hands in 2021, the new owners discovered that insurance companies had been billed and over 80 patients had been charged for work that was not performed or overcharged, according to the affidavit, many of them 65 or older.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
Thermal runaway, or self-heating, can occur without warning in lithium batteries as a result of various factors, including if the battery is damaged, overheated, exposed to water, overcharged or improperly packed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
That same year, millions of plaintiffs filed an antitrust class action lawsuit seeking over $1 billion in damages that alleged Sutter Health overcharged customers and companies for health care bills and discouraged clients from using other lower-cost services.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Flat-rate pricing leads to value misalignment, high-usage customers feel undercharged, and low-usage customers feel overcharged.
—Chris Kent, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
While employed by his cousin's yacht brokerage, Boulos reportedly helped convince Kushner to invest in a superyacht, but the brokerage appears to have knowingly overcharged him for the sale.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Dendrites tend to grow when the battery is overcharged, because that’s when the lithium ions migrating into the anode can no longer find a berth.
—Weiyang Li, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Aug. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcharged
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The loss certainly stung for Maye.—
Greg Dudek,
Hartford Courant,
9 Feb. 2026
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One pocket of tech that has faced a lot of pressure have been software firms, with the shares of companies like SAP, Salesforce, and ServiceNow all stung the last six months, as Reuters reports, because of rising fears that AI could disrupt their business models.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Coast guard officials said the eight-meter boat was overloaded, with at least 39 passengers on board.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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But engineers found that removing those lines would have overloaded other parts of the system, raising the risk of equipment damage and unexpected outages.—
Chaya Tong,
Austin American Statesman,
30 Jan. 2026
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Scheffler pushed his drive into the right fairway bunker on the par-4, could only advance the ball 54 yards into the left rough and gouged his third shot short of the green.—
John Marshall,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Feb. 2026
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After getting gouged repeatedly by bootleg play-action passes, screens and space plays over their first two series, the Pats struck back with a short-yardage stop and forced fumble on the next two series.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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Every weekend, cars loaded up with groceries and goodies at Jacksonville's Sam’s Club and Costco stores zip out of the parking lot and down the street.—
Alexandria Mansfield,
Florida Times-Union,
8 Feb. 2026
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Johnson told the outlet that firefighters and Amazon workers worked together to clean up before the drone was loaded into a truck.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
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Until recently, the state even subsidized e-bike purchases, but wisely pulled the plug on that costly and overburdened program.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
5 Feb. 2026
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But the ERRs report being overburdened, not least by the hardships in communicating with funders.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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McMann hunted, but never cheated, for offence.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Experts say such scam operations in Cambodia and elsewhere have cheated people around the world out of billions of dollars and tricked people from many countries to work in them under slave-like conditions.—
Sakchai Lalit,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Step over a moat-spanning drawbridge and through a stone entry gate and you will be transported into a medieval fantasy, with secret rooms, trick mirrors, a full-size musk ox (don’t worry, it’s stuffed) and, of course, dragons.—
Mark Lamster
Architecture Critic,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Fat Tuesday to offer traditional handmade paczki stuffed with custard, plum butter, black currant or apricot for $14 for a half dozen.—
Samantha Nelson,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Tanyika Rickard, a community manager with Chase Bank in Philadelphia, who works directly with customers who have been targeted or defrauded, said scammers often spend months building trust before ever bringing up money.—
Joshua Sidorowicz,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Jacobus also defrauded members of his own family.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Overcharged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcharged. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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