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highway robbery
noun
- robbery committed on a highway against travelers, as by a highwayman.
- Informal. a price or fee that is unreasonably high; exorbitant charge.
highway robbery
noun
- informal.blatant overcharging
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- high顎僿ay rob顎僢er noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of highway robbery1
Idioms and Phrases
The exaction of an exorbitantly high price or fee. For example, You paid ten dollars for that meat? That's highway robbery . This term, used figuratively since the late 1800s, alludes to literal robbery of travelers on or near a public road.Example Sentences
Higher distribution costs on the back of widespread crime including highway robberies, plus increased weather-related issues like floods and drought, are also driving price rises, he said.
Iran鈥檚 Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh tweeted: 鈥淥ur ties must not be hampered by deeply shortsighted miscalculations, including highway robbery on the command of a 3rd party.鈥
Empyreal鈥檚 lawsuit described the traffic stops of their armored cars as 鈥渉ighway robberies鈥 by law enforcement agencies seeking to fund their operations with cash taken through forfeiture.
Empyreal鈥檚 lawsuit describes the traffic stops of their trucks as 鈥渉ighway robberies鈥 by government agents seeking to pad their budgets with forfeiture money.
Under the circumstances, refusing to submit to such instances of D.C. 鈥渉ighway robbery鈥 could be a legitimate act of civil disobedience.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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