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bad check
noun[ C ]
USus/ˌbæd ˈtʃek/uk /ˌbæd ˈtʃek/(UKbad cheque)
a check that has been written for an amount of money that the person writing it knows they do not have, so it cannot be paid:
The fraudsters open a bank account in your name and write bad checks on that account.
The fines range from civil traffic violations to criminal charges such as passing(= giving people) bad checks.
In theory, a judge could disband a legitimate organization if its leaders were convicted of even minor crimes such as passing a bad check.
They contend that he failed to pay for auction vehicles and wrote bad checks for the purchase of vehicles.
He was found to have written 86 bad checks, totaling $270,000.
He was a convicted drug dealer and purveyor of bad checks with a long rap sheet.
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