overserve
verb
over·serve
ˌō-vər-ˈsərv
overserved; overserving; overserves
1
transitive
: to provide (someone or something) with more of a product, service, etc., than is needed or appropriate : overservice
He admitted older viewers were overserved by the BBC … .—John Plunkett
2
transitive + intransitive
: to serve too much food or drink to someone
especially
: to serve too much alcohol to someone
… state authorities cited Horseshoe Casino for overserving a patron who troopers said was drunk when he caused a fatal crash later that night. —Pat LaFleur
Police say Griffin was arrested for his own safety rather than given misdemeanor citations. A friend of Griffin's said he had been overserved, according to multiple reports. —ESPN.com
"It's easy to take a horrific criminal act and associate it with an earlier crime," such as overserving alcohol, he [Jonathan Turley] said. —Deanna Paul
… airlines in general benefit from serving free alcohol in part because it is a depressant that, in reasonable amounts, combines with cabin air to sedate passengers. … The trick, of course, is not to overserve, since too much booze can make people rowdy or disruptive. —The Economist
see also overserved
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