Definitions
place too much a load on
Word origin
From Middle English overchargen, equivalent to over- + charge.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“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.”
“"It's about decades of an office that overcharges and oversentences but keeps getting worse results," Conklin says.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Ask too much”10 letters
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