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cramming

The unauthorized addition of services to your telephone bill such as an 800 number that you never ordered. The charges are usually noted on the bill, but are identified in a cryptic manner and/or are printed in a place that is easy to overlook. See slamming.
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Addressing the seminar, the experts said cramming was a menace and it could not be useful for better education.
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The commission reveals that it received 21 cramming complaints in 1996 while in 1998 the number had grown to 9,827.
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In our education system, we are not learning anything instead we are just cramming to pass through and get promoted.
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The carrier billing is so complicated and difficult to read and analyze that it creates a natural environment for cramming to flourish.
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