overcharge
English
Etymology
From Middle English overchargen, equivalent to over- + charge.
Verb
overcharge (third-person singular simple present overcharges, present participle overcharging, simple past and past participle overcharged)
- (transitive, intransitive) To charge (somebody) more money than the correct amount or to surpass a certain limit while charging a bill.
- (transitive) To continue to charge (an electrical device) beyond its capacity.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- (transitive, dated) To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Raleigh to this entry?)
- (transitive, dated) To fill too full; to crowd.
- Addison
- Our language is overcharged with consonants.
- Addison
- (transitive, dated) To exaggerate.
- to overcharge a description
Antonyms
Translations
to charge more than correct amount
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to overcharge an electric device
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Noun
overcharge (plural overcharges)
Translations
an excessive load or burden
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an excessive charge in an account
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