Example Sentences

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Joanna, from New Cross, found her housing association, Hyde, had been overcharging residents £2,000 for rubbish removal from an entirely different estate.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022

Ohio officials said they wanted to know whether the benefit managers had been overcharging the state, but were frustrated in trying to obtain drug pricing information.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2018

Many also believed Wemba, despite his success, had been overcharging desperate migrants for their passage.

From Economist • Apr. 28, 2016

BT is facing repayments to its wholesale customers of nearly £100 million after Ofcom ruled the company had been overcharging them.

From The Guardian • Dec. 24, 2012

She called upon and went carefully over the stock of every house in that line in Richmond in order to see if he had been overcharging her husband.

From Life Gleanings by Macon, T. J.