The African Concorde magazine reported that George treated the state budget as his own, spending lavishly and handing out inflated contracts in return for large kick-backs.

Financing a new railway usually ineant its promoters would set up secretly controlled construction companies, then negotiate inflated contracts with themselves, collecting hefty profits at both ends of each deal.

A federal probe would reveal that Tocco doled out more than $75,000 in kickbacks to Chicago Heights officials in return for the inflated contract.

Lightning raids begin across the country to sign players on vastly inflated contracts.

The Kerry Packer backed ARL responds by signing 50 players onto equally inflated contracts on 2 April.

An inflated contract could be a red flag signaling a payoff.

Outlook - They finally got rid of Kemp and his inflated contract, but they hardly got equal value.

Owners collude to hold free-agent costs down, or they engage in cutthroat bidding wars that lead to absurdly inflated contracts for journeymen players.

Accepting an inflated contract of $26 million for four years, Offerman represents the only splash the Red Sox made in the free-agent market this winter.

He was also criticized for frequently trading with non-contending teams, being unable to sign big name free agents and signing marginal players to inflated contracts.