With a debit card you're saying, 'Please put my grocery money back while you investigate this unauthorized purchase.'

Still, it is possible for a thief to make unauthorized purchases on a card before its cancellation.

Phrases like 'unauthorized purchase - not the responsibility of the company' rumbled around the room.

There have also been allegations that a hospital employee embezzled funds while making unauthorized purchase of equipment for the hospital.

It can be used to allow other individuals to make unauthorized purchases on your credit card, or gain access to your bank accounts.

Federal law limits the liability of credit-card holders to $50 for unauthorized purchases, and most banks don't even impose that charge.

The information is then used to make unauthorized purchases.

City officials blamed employees' making unauthorized purchases.

Check your monthly credit card and bank statements carefully and immediately report any unauthorized purchases.

This can unauthorized purchases being made on one's credit card.