overcharges

Verb

overcharge (third-person singular simple present overcharges, present participle overcharging, simple past and past participle overcharged)

1. (ambitransitive) To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill.
   • Meanwhile, the tolls dispute had gone to the courts, and the E.L.R. was completely successful when, in 1856, the House of Lords awarded it the sum of £30,000 against the L.Y.R. for tolls overcharged.1957 October, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 726

   Synonyms:

   gouge

   Antonyms:

   undercharge

2. (transitive) To continue to charge (an electrical device) beyond its capacity.
   • Sometimes I get overcharged / That's when you see sparks1997, “The Tourist”, in OK Computer, performed by Radiohead
3. To charge (someone) with an inflated number or degree of legal charges (for example, charging them with a more serious crime than was committed); to upcharge.
   • The police, fully aware of the reality of plea bargaining, often overcharge (if they don't, then the prosecutor does). The police also may overcharge in order to develop informants.2015, Randall G. Shelden, William B. Brown, Karen S. Miller, Randal B. Fritzler, Crime and Criminal Justice in American Society: Second Edition, Waveland Press, →ISBN, page 184
4. (dated, transitive) To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress.
   • it serves to no better use but only to labour and overcharge the ships' sides in any grown seas and foul weather.c. 1611, Walter Raleigh, Observations on the Navy and Sea Service
5. (dated, transitive) To fill too full; to crowd.
   • October 22, 1706, Alexander Pope, letter to Mr. Walsh
     Our language is naturally overcharged with consonants.
6. (dated, transitive) To exaggerate.
   • to overcharge a description

   Synonyms:

   hyperbolize, overstate, stretch, big up, cut it fat, exaggerate, overdo, overemphasize, play up, three-sheet

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